In your mind you may see the problems that you are facing, but unfortunately it's not translating into anything understandable.

Vacancy: If my 3/2 is vacant, I have 100% vacancy versus a multi-unit where that might only translate into a 25% or 50% vacancy.

I’m sure you will get better responses from more experienced locals, and ones that are dealing with higher values which should translate to a higher quality tenant pool.I’m not in the country at the time so I can’t give you detailed on the ground updates.

But that pretty much translates to showing several properties every week.

More sales translates to higher demand for housing thus driving the price of real estate up.

They speak no English, and will be supplied a translator from the charity group.

Which really translates to "We can help you get rich, fast!"

It seems those surveys are typically focused on larger multifamily properties (naturally - I can't imagine the garbage data you would get trying to put that info together for every 4-flat that sells).So I'm wondering how you think those cap rates translate to smaller properties.

How does that translate in to any meaningful information to make an investment decision on?

You can translate that Cap over to the duplex as well.