I consider myself a quick learner which I attribute to a valuable lesson my dad taught me when he took my new bicycle back to SEARS the day after he bought it for my birthday.  

If all else is equal, then you can generally assume the difference in value is attributed to the extra bathroom.

I'm not familiar with all of New Jersey, so I was soliciting perspective from the BP community that may know of specific areas with the general attributes, which in hindsight were fairly vague. 

The electrical on that one is split.For us, and the option without knowing any more I'd recommend is to : We found the easiest thing to do was to pay the bills yourself and simply build what you think is the average utility bills attributable to each space into the rent price.In terms of marketing, market the place at the lower so you don't turn away people and then negotiate you paying those bills (the increase in rent functionallyThat said, there are other options but of course they involve cost. 

It looks like you have a well aligned set of attributes all contributing to your RE success, only furthering my belief on building the right team. 

In most cases people get a large up-front deduction in a year they typically don't have much income or they have such a large deduction they lose all benefits of other tax attributes (itemized deductions, child tax credits, etc). 

There is a page in our guidebook describing the star review system and how it differs from the star reviews attributed to hotels. 

Your friends will be able to take the proceeds from the sale that is attributable to their "personal residence" and buy whatever they want.

Hi all,What are the characteristics/attributes/experience you look for when choosing a Real Estate Agent?

If you feel you would like RE sales and would be good at it, then maybe some of those same attributes would help you become a good REI.Good luck!