I'm new and want to make sure I'm calculating this correctly.

I told this neighbor that the contractor is just blowing smoke, but my neighbor says this guy seems to be nice guy and giving him a few bucks won't hurt, so I made a bet with my neighbor, gave him $80 to give this contractor, but I bet this guy would come in a few hours, take the money, and disappears for another week.What happened?

Here is a quick calculation for you though. 

still expecting the minimum 10% COC but would buy at lower if there is an upside.Per Door: its an OK calculation to use when you work your income goals, to give you a ballpark number of how many Doors/Units you need to achieve your income. 

I found this Duplex in Phoenix AZ and based on my initial calculations the cash-flow + cash/cash NOI appears to be really good.

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For NJ you can find that website hereWith regards to values...your best bet is to start with Zillow, Redfin, Realtor.com, and Trulia.

@Ryan McKean im not local but I can bet most will tell you '3 miles from campus' is too broad to get an accurate rent estimate...

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The Combined income was over $350k per year.I can't tell you how many Investors I have known for the last 20 years miss the boat because they couldn't find themselves "Betting" on the trends.I think if you can put your fingers on the pulse of the Market, you can easily beat the averages, by FAR.However, not everyone has that kind of risk tolerance.