This property had no issues, the market was already slightly favoring sellers, and I only wanted to find a good (enough) agent for the lowest possible commission.I believe I had a choice of 3 or 4 agents within minutes of giving my info to Upnest.

But ya I aimed for 3 bed 1-2 baths, cuz I can always live in one of them, or the basement if it is good enough to clean and actually stay. and rent out the rooms. check out prices for one room in your area, or near by apartment complexes and base your numbers / deposits and rules off of them

If you find a good enough deal, you may be able to live close to rent free and even in some cases you will actually live rent free ( that's where I'm at).

If that isn't good enough for you, set a trailing stop lose.

But it is good enough to likely get you 5-7.

Of course if a deal seems good enough it gets a deep analysis where you look at the rental sites it was listed on, how long the listings were on for, and how much it rented for as well as other compatibles in the area.

However, be aware - even if the numbers are not quite good enough for YOUR expectations, the question is, are they going to work for someone else?

If you choose to buy, fix up, and sale the market may be good enough to not have to use an Agent and make more net income  by not paying a commission. 

Some times it can work and the gamble pays off, unfortunately it usually does not.The numbers starting out look good enough to try you only lacked the experience to succeed.My advice would be to stay away from real estate.

There are many reasons we are choosing Indy, but it's mainly just because it comes up a lot as a hot market right now and seems 'good enough' to get started with.