If you are not CEO of the company - you're just a poor player on the market You can expect the dividends if it's the right kind of the paper, however, to get a capital gain, you have to sell at the right time and cut off the dividends.I'll take rental in B or C class any day over a stock or bond or whatever is on the paper - tushiery wealth :)If I know the market well, I'll take even D class - that's where you get 40-50% ROI. 

I am not a big player in this market but I listen to big players especially on their podcasts and take the advice they give I did just buy two houses from sellers that called my office wanting to list.

@Jeff Boardman, and a Travian player twoud seem!  

@David Roque, no I'm not in contract, just trying to do my research and due diligence before I pull any triggers.

Hi @Zora Luan, my advice is to find a local broker, rather than one of the big mega players.

So besides Zillow, the other 'player' in rental data is rentometer.com.

Go to REI meetings and start networking so that the biggest players in your market know who you are.

Michael,I would track down the bigger players in your area and go into their office or a meet up.  

Thanks @Kyle Collette,Hopefully i can achieve what you are making happen, If you ever want to play with the worst tennis player ever-  let me know, I see him every morning in the mirror.

I've am both an active and passive player in REI to satisfy both spectrums for myself so you may want to look at a two pronged strategy and not put all your eggs into one basket, especially if you are a newbie to owning apartments.