BTW, try searching Craigslist for your appliances, you might find the old listing with enough visual context to show it is clearly your rental the unit was photographed in.

My question is: would it be a good idea to mandate that I have a visual inspection of the garage and its contents before proceeding.

They have helped me a lot as well because Brandon does a great job with us visual learners.Best of Luck!

Once I have the figures, I do my own visual inspection of the property that sold for that price.

You'll soon began to visualize the difference and the effects of changing one variable in the equation.

These houses are purchased based on pictures they have been provided, not based on their own, or a third party's visual inspection.

If you guys could get it to the point where we could sort our colleagues by a visual map that would be great. 

Visually check roof. 

@Mindy Jensen, thanks for the visual guides.

I don't know the market in CA, but in Baltimore, I would pass on that deal since it's not too hard here to beat the 2% rule.Definitely take advantage of the Rental Calculator here to analyze the deals so you can easily visualize the tweaks in the math (increase in rent, lower purchase price, self-manage etc)