Comparing horse labor to human labor is one of the worst apples to oranges comparisons I've seen recently. 

I am not saying the "bad apples" shouldn't get a defense, but their attorney should tell them they are breaking the law and they should take the $25,000 settlement.

I'm using Apple's Numbers app because it came with my mac but I'm starting to see that Excel seems to be the standard.

You could probably name comparably appreciated markets on one hand.We take a holistic approach though as you can see, so pure appreciation is not everything.Also, comparing Apples to Apples (California to Oklahoma in your data) its 476% to 424%.  

It's a way to compare apples to apples for the current situation; how to squeeze more juice from the investment.

Property management contract: Includes provisions for scaling fees based on deal volume and many other techniques promoted in the BiggerPockets community.Lease agreement: Includes terms needed to ensure that your rents increase with each lease renewal.Contractor agreement: Includes bonus payments and penalty fees for late work to help hold your contractors accountable.Contractor Scope of work document - give this to your contractor when asking for your bid so that all your bids are itemized and can be compared apples to apples.

Hello all, I have been a PO for the last five years in the big apple (NY).

Most people are good people, it's always a few bad apples that spoil the bunch. 

Compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges.

Now we’re considering a cash out refi of $140-160k, pay the rest of the downpayment on the new build out of pocket, and holding on to this NW Austin house given the insane appreciation of this neighborhood in particular (next to Domain, close to Apple campus, lots of outdated homes that are now being flipped).