It's tough to get a 3.0 from a single ten-year hold because a lot of the wind pushing the multiple is the value-add, and you only do that once on a 10-year hold, versus getting the benefit of two value-add pushes if you do two sequential 5-year holds.

I was thinking in terms of homes that need work like you mentioned versus move in ready type homes .

One interesting nugget I found was to seek brokers who are also active real estate investors as they'll likely be more inline with the thought process of like investing versus retail. 

Being a relative newcomer to rental property investing with only a few properties under my belt I often wonder what is the best end game result I should aim for?
This post goes out to all the advanced level landlords...

This pricing looks more along the lines of a primary residence versus investment.

versus  40 miles versus next state over, etc, etc...you can offer, analyze deal, buy and sell better knowing your numbers of niche areas, zipcodes (,ie, market)

This is a great question; there's the general tenant screening (full spectrum of reporting which can typically include Criminal Reports/Background Check, Residence History/Eviction History, Employment Verification, Sex Offender List, Credit History, etc), but definitely an interesting thought with regard to pulling an interested applicant's social media history.Social media can be tricky because verification of account ownership can be a hard one to pin down; ie. if you require it as part of your application, a tenant can supply a "clean" version of their social media presence (ie. professionally created social media profile) versus an account that the applicant might actually use regularly, but you may not have any type of verifiable information to confirm that they own/operate the account.

So our lives work much better when she manages our money -- "broke" versus "making steady progress."

So the difference (percentage change you requested) would typically be whatever is posted presale versus whatever the sale price is.

@Shawn M.What is it about NJ that gives you options to increase value significantly versus other states, and what are those options?