Probably comparable in yours.It takes time for it all to resolve. 

I would also compare what kind of high-quality rentals you can get in your area and what their cash flows are obviously. 

If you just patch it up, so the condition is comparable to other properties your repair cost will be lower and then you can multiply with .8 or a bit more.Good luck!

Our beaches can’t compare to HI, but VA’s investment ratios will trump HI’s all day long!  

As a result the EBITA (earnings before interest taxes amortization) multiplier for selling/valuing a brokerage shop is VERY low (compared to a buying a manufacturing company for example). 

It equates to significantly lower returns when you compare it to you how much you had to put into it.

Quick execution, fewer hoops to jump through compared to banks. 

If it is listed for rent, compare the rent to the surrounding listings.

The tool would be able to do myriad analysis to evaluate the deterministic analysis such as margin of safety, probability of a return, maximum buy price given a certain probability of a return, and calculate the opportunity cost comparing this investment to an equal investment in an index fund.Does anyone think a tool like this would be useful and beneficial or do you think it's more of a waste of time?

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