Two identical homes located next to each other would come up with the same value, even though House #1 was just renovated to a very high standard and House #2 hadn't ever been renovated since it was built in 1949.I always tried for an identical (or nearly so) beds, baths, sq ft of living area, garage and acres. 

Since purchasing the home, housing market in my area has declined about 20%.

I'm selling four houses from one estate.

I've been managing 70+ midterm rentals for over 3 years and we have never housed a traveling nurse - in our area, their stipends (or what they are willing to pay) are much lower than we can get in rents with other prospective guests/tenants.Utilities are included at all of our properties and that is common practice here.

Just because a house is listed for $4,500 doesn't mean it rents for that price, or that it rents quickly.

Typical inner city early 1900’s Akron house.

I assume the first house hasn’t appreciate much if at all and that’s why you didn’t sell it and take the tax free gain that could take 10+ years to overcome as a rental?

GSEs are entities established but not operated or owned by the Federal government to (oftentimes) enhance credit availability, in sectors that have some sort of public good connection like agriculture or housing.

If multifamily interests you, you might want to consider house hacking as a low risk strategy to start.

I’ll let readers decide how they want to interpret the facts I stated.The underlying investment was student housing.