There's much more at play than your overall income, so it is very possibly not apples to apples.

By nature, the 4-family is going to cash flow less on a "per door" basis, which means that it's nearly impossible to use this metric to compare properties on an apples to apples basis.

We don't need that.The bad apples will try to avoid you and will be sneaky.

How about Apple?

There are always bad apples in every basket, so start looking for an investor friendly one in your neck of the woods.

It’s good to drive your comps to, just to make sure your comparing apples to apples.

There are dues/a toll to be paid for making it in America.Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, once said: “People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on.

May be an investor should also ask these qns before they decide to find some to "manage" their projectsP.S: I agree that there are bad apples in any industry , not all investors are good , there are lot of  bad people in investing - slumlords , risking the safety of tenants and so on .

It's comparing apples to oranges.

The benefit of appling for an appraisal is when the taxes, penalties, ect happens to be more than the property is worth, then the appraisal will give them the ability to sell the property for the lesser amount which would be in that case the appraisal.