If you don't want to do any research and even look before sending them out, it's easier to go to Zillow, take their Zestimate multiply that by .5 and then send offers out to whole neighborhoods at a time.

There is a risk factor and that multiplies the more doors you have, but if you buy right and value add.

If you debt leveraged a stock portfolio to 80%, the cash on cash returns of your portfolio would also multiply and likely get in the range of a real estate portfolio, perhaps even more so. 

They will figure what other comparable buildings have sold based on their income (a Gross Rent Multiplier) and figure the value based on that.

You're looking at $400-$850 k for that multifamily in the south end, or $700-$1,200k for one in the north end, so you can do that math by multiplying that by 3.5% plus some extra for closing costs. 

Having rentals sounds nice but you will have the same feeling of carrying debt not only on your primary home but your rentals as well so multiply that uncomfortable feeling.

Moreover, tourism has been growing very fast with tourism revenues being multiplied by 43 over 17 years.

We have calculated what we need to retire on and multiplied that by 2, this is our "WHY" & our goal.

I take that final monthly number and I multiply it by 12 and then I divided by 52 so that I can have a weekly amount of what I need to hit.  Right now my families weekly core budget amount is $525.

In my experience as a fix and flip broker and a rehabber, you should take the square footage and multiply by at least $60.00 per square foot in order to estimate the cost of rehab.