You may find a 3/2 of equal quality and same neighborhood one producing $100k a year in income the other doing $55k and then you know about how much having a pool will affect income.

Because there is about equal chance of that as you getting your 40% collapse of home prices and rents. 

The popular belief is that many property owners must be desperate to sell because there are no renters too pay for their properties.

The difference in this portion of the execution can be $30k-$60k/yr more money in your pocket vs. that of our competition all other factors equal (such as the property size/location).Next, to drive costs down, I co-host (only for clients) at 15% which is 5-15% less than the large PM firms.  

If I’m looking for a quote on gold, all things being equal, I’m looking for the lowest or highest price (depending if I’m buying or selling) since gold is a commodity.  

Couple that with the lack of home building post GR and that's made a 1+1 combo equal 5. 

No one should be thought of being any less than equal to you just because they use this program.

If the gains are properly calculated, which you're not doing, even in a worst-case scenario of poor appreciation, what I outlined is going to achieve a total return roughly equal to stocks or bonds.So you're assuming the Compton house rents for $3500--given, we don't know how many bedrooms it has, what condition it is, or whether the landlord has been able to keep up with market in spite of rent control, but that's top of the market for a home that has 2-3 bedrooms and probably isn't the Taj Mahal.

I offer to purchase the home for a discount equal to the expected cost of PITI plus repairs/maintenance for the life expectancy of the homeowner, plus a margin for profit.I have the option to refinance the home to pull money out of it after purchase to finance other real estate deals.

You do not state ARV but my own belief is rehabs provide best return in high cost RE markets.