The houses are identical, have one bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, living room, back porch, and a long narrow backyard.

(comparable to neighbors)Identical property sold end of march for143,647Property Tax $142 /moInsurance $20 /moHOA $254/mo it includes Snow/Lawn Care, Outside Maintenance, Hazard Insurance, Cable TV, Building Exterior, Professional Mgmt.

When I implemented this change over the last 10 months or so, I exlpained it a little differently, while our motives were identical.

Also remember any recent comps of an identical unit is listed at 1200 square feet to boost the price/sq. ft.

innova,I have many rentals with almost identical rents here in Ohio.

In other words, same bedroom count, same construction quality and style, same size, and, most importantly, same neighborhood.It doesn't have to be an identical house, but it needs to be reasonably close, and it needs to have sold recently enough to matter.

I recently sold a property for which I sold the identical property right next door 5 years ago at the peak of the market.

Every property is unique, every property is different, no two properties are identical, even in condos, no property can occupy the same space as another, which is the location of your subject property and to every location there is a value

What I find is that most PMs have almost identical contracts and fee structures give or take a percent or two.

The MLS is all you really need to start with IMO, but I know that in our region, one system is not identical to another so there may be different levels of data available, really depends on how strict the Board and brokers are in getting agents to input information, IMO.However, I'd think that searching by zip code is just the beginning as you really need to target in much closer than that.