I paid for the subscription for a few months and drew my own custom Google maps areas and color coded them red/yellow/green based on a "grade" I felt came from a few metrics like crime/average household income/etcI also really like realtors dot com new maps, if you search for an address and click on the map and then go to the top left and choose the Value slider it will give you a nice color coded map of which areas of a neighborhood are higher valued.

Costs before that (during remodeling) are added to the basis.2.

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@Blaise Bevilacqua - I agree with the added expense items that others have called out including vacancy, repairs/maintenance, capex, unit turns, and low insurance.

Private notes require more work than Stocks / Bonds, is the added return worth the extra work?

Most look at a Certificate of Insurance and confirm coverage limits but best practices are to (1) become added as additional insured under contractors policy and (2) understand coverage exclusions which are not going to be detailed on an insurance certificate.

I just completed a rehab that adding half a bathroom added ~$50k in value.  

I am adding about 20 more this year, but there's one small pocket I'm struggling with the financing on (honestly, due to Huntington Bank dragging their feet on items, etc.), so I'm seeing what other options there may be. 

To me i believe the company is a SCAM. if you google the company under scam you will some so many compliance.

Seems like the best way to avoid added fees, points and middle men though.