Unfortunately, the houses are in different suburbs here so it's difficult to compare apples to apples.

It may not get far, but there will be some record - the next victim who complains may get somewhere.How about we all try to look out for each other and point out the bad apples before others take a bite?

Don’t judge based on comparisons of returns alone as they are never apples to apples.

It's got an apple orchard and stream and thousands of acres behind it of State Land.

Even in the Big Apple!

I think that can work IF you manually double check the comparable sales that come up, to make sure you really are comparing "apples to apples" (similar beds & baths, similar sq footage, same style of house, same neighborhood, sold within the last 6 months, etc.)I think that works for him because he's done his own comps for years (using MLS), but for a beginner I would say some caution is warranted - don't just take the "Zestimate" at face value and go from there.

If you calculate the CAP rate on one 20-unit building and include interest charges as an operating expense and I calculate the CAP rate on the 20-unit building across the street but do not include interest as an operating expense - we are not comparing apples to apples.

The rest of the units turned in the next couple of months and the bad apples were out.

Car magnetsKind of do a "We Buy Houses" car magnet.

Apples and oranges.