Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

I'm relatively new to this having only bought 2 properties in June that are doing very well, but I financed those traditionally. 

Redfin Agents are paid very well when compared to the industry.

As to the NOI versus comparables, technically 5 units and above are supposed to be sold on cap rate.

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While this isn’t traditional RE path, you can acquire condos as you grow and become both the investor and the support for others.

I think you can only have 1 FHA loan out at a time, so your second loan in this scenario would end up being a traditional loan which I believe for a primary residence is 5% down.

When comparing loan options, the calculator says a 15 year loan at 4.75 percent would be a -182% cash on cash roi, while a 30 year loan with the same interest rate and same terms is a +94% cash on cash roi. 

Although in our line of work we are very equity heavy compared to income properties which can be leveraged 75% these days ??? 

The house I'm trying to compare to was built in 1935.