I've also checked Craigslist, but it's hard to find enough comparable properties to draw a meaningful conclusion.

Extract useful economic life out of that asphalt shingle roof.  

@Jan Wanot I don't think that cap rates are the most meaningful metric for his situation, where valuations will be based on comps not income and he will live in one unit.

There are so many variables in this type of thing, it is almost impossible to give you a meaningful answer without looking at your entire scenario.

I currently work from home as a Virtual Assistant/Online Business Manager, but the work isn't fulfilling for me and I've been searching for meaningful work for years.

So I want the increase EVERY YEAR in that situation so I can extract the most return possible for the added risk of a franchisee.When I represent clients the seller usually pays my fee and the buyer gets free representation.     

So, you'll want to balance your desire for number of doors against the quality of the neighborhood and the amount of pain required in extracting rent from your tenants.

It has not cut out the meaningful calls, just the ones that were on the questional to not my responsible range.

The CPA the extracts as necessary.First year stuff needs the closing statement to create the amortization and depreciation tables, but that's trivial too.

Those little deals don't have enough profits in them for the return that Paul and Eric want to extract.