Is it identical I  don't know since it is not a structure I am familiar with.    

Since the landlord is not collecting the SSN it reduces the paperwork and long approval process typically required to initiate a credit inquiry on a consumer.Additionally, SmartMove verifies the applicant’s identity by requiring them to enter their SSN into the SmartMove system and answer a series of personally identifying questions.

However, I realized that the identical building next door was paying $13,000 per year.

There are a few smart phone apps where you can sell books based on ISBN Number (there are also websites)Contact local used book storesContact a local University Library (they would be more interested if it's a collection specific to topic...as an example, the University of Denver has the largest cook book collection in the West - and they aren't a culinary school)Contact a local Public LibraryOffer to sell them all at once on eBay (local pickup required)etc.

I  agree with your point on viewing a property first hand, I think I'm just in the stages of trying to identity towns and areas that work with my price range and needs.

I’ve put 100’s if not 1000’s of hours in educating myself in both the market and REI.If both took equal effort and had identical returns I would choose the stock market, I find it more intellectually stimulating (when investing in single stocks) and I don’t have to deal with people, tire kickers can be exhausting!

We have an almost identical approach!

@Nathan Boyer Sounds almost identical to my situation!

If you wanted to pay an identical amount of principal each month and achieve a 30 year payoff that way, you could (again) mathematically determine a function for that....but then your payment amount would change every month and would initially be alot greater, though at the end would be much smaller.Here is a graph and tables of the two payments...hopefully it helps.

At a glance they have almost identical crime levels, personal incomes, sqft prices, and population trends.