I agree with Barrington.If you follow those markets you have to expect a dip in prices soon as demand has increased (with a perpendicular chart up) in many areas around the country.

If it hits a headwind, it will still appreciate, just at a slower growth rate.Here's a chart that Tina Tamboer of The Cromford Report shared with agents today.

This is precisely how I bought my first house, a 4-family in upstate NY.

If you just want a scheduling tool, looks like wrike might be your tool to develop Gantt charts etc. 

@Clarence Gong The matrix and charts below might help. 

I find this chart below interesting, though it is from 2010, and there's no way it is accounting for all the duplexes and 2-unit basement-suited houses in Edmonton (maybe because they aren't considered apartments?).

thanks for explaining so precisely! 

As I was prepping my chart of accounts, though, I realized that I was unsure as to how to best structure the cashflows.

Maya Clark that's precisely what I was thinking that you meant about the pitfall of a competing/selling broker.

I do not know if this is realistic or farfetched.Thank you it depends on market, see my post that includes the chart, your return will 90% follow that chart, currently charts are going down, just wait til spread is positive before investing. 70% of the time the return is created by the market.