I invite you to perform the exercise and find what your cap ex allocation should be.certainly $50/month for maintenance/cap ex and misc is not enough and this property is definitely cash negative when properly allocating for expenses.  

For me I would not buy a property with zero or negative numbers. 

The cost to build will be significantly more than the amount of “value add” of an ADU putting you in a negative equity position.

What some people on BP don't seem to understand is to stop making the assumption that everyone is not working their best at thisif you have to provide negative comments or any sort of negativity when providing advice, then advice or recommendations shouldn't be your fortéAs i mentioned before.

I would love to be shown how this page of 2017 victims is propogandist:http://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-fatali...It's absolutely not propogandist to release the narrative that is agreed upon by the authorities of the 15 people that have lost their life to dogs so far in 2017.

Additionally, the fact you might be negative cash flow in Texas will give you more flexibility by renting in Portland.  

You have to disclose you are an agent and people statistically don't like or trust agents.  

There is no such absolute rule or mandate for REI - it is up to you on your comfort level with your cash flow versus total investment versus appreciation potential.If I followed that rule, I would have missed out on a LOT of great opportunities over the years.We bought a house in Jones Valley in 2017 with negative cash flow - why? 

It is increasingly more difficult to pay of even one mortgage when you are cashflow negative, let alone multiple.

It's an estimated cash on cash return given current rental rates subtract expenses assuming 7% interest rate, 10% management fee, 5% repairs, 5% capex and other expenses like mortgage, insurance, tax. it's a estimate to tell you what properties to analyze vs ignoreyou can see the are pockets of negative returns as well as pockets of positive return. this is to supplement the data @Devin Conley provided