I do have a pool company coming out to provide estimates. 

. - Rents are also a function of supply - 2024 saw the most new construction of multifamily units in American history (nearly 575,000 estimated 2024 deliveries of new multifamily inventory), and 2025, while not a record setting year, will see deliveries top 500,000 again - a huge supply increase. 

.: A) I had to fact check this after your last statement about the CA population declining ended up being false due to only accounting for our-migration and not including immigration,B) The actual estimate is that less than 25% of the nations homeless people live in California, not 51%.A) Immigration by foreign individuals is not counted (generally) because it is not a definitive marker.

We determined the ARV, estimated our rehab, decided on our required profit, and then negotiated on the purchase price based on that data.

Kyle, south of Austin, ranked No. 2 with a 9% increase to 62,548 people, up from its third-spot ranking last year, while Leander, northwest of Austin, saw a 7.6% boost in population to 80,067 people, according to the data.In the new data set, Austin's population is pegged at 979,882 in 2023 — up 0.5% from the year prior — dropping it from the 10th to the 11th most populous city in the country behind Jacksonville, Florida, which has an estimated population of 985,843.Still, the Austin metro isn't stagnating.

From what I’ve heard, 25%-30% of profits is a safe estimate depending on your tax bracket.

I guess it's just too many factors to consider and it easy to get overwhelmed and cannot get accurate info and estimation when I conduct analysis (ex. property tax rate, insurance, maintenance fee, rent, repair, closing cost, etc.) 

Amortize your major repairs (roof, hvac, built in appliances) and add an estimate for small maintenance.This feels not terrible to me.

If your estimated rent from a property pays off the Mortgage + Maintenance + Property Tax + Insurance.

As an experiment I invested $30k each in the 10 REITs which had (according to average estimate of NAV) the largest discounts from net asset value as per market price).