I just came across this article from Calculated Risk (the article is about a year old so here is the latest data.) which suggests that MF demand will start to shrink due to increased supply from new building and decreased demand from those aged 25-39, who will make up the top three age brackets in 2020, who will enter their prime home buying years. 

Utilities are generally public and you can call them to get averages, taxes are public as well and can be pulled either from a assessor website or at their office, insurance companies can give you cash value and replacement value quotes by giving them an address, general rule for running calculations for vacancy is 5-10% of gross income, I have seen maintenance expenses all over the map (anywhere from $300-750 or a % of the rent - those vary depending on the number of doors in the deal as well as how much deferred maintenance has to be dealt with or how much rehab you are going to do to negate the deferred maintenance), contracted services, call a few landscapers and get quotes and use those for your analysis. 

In fact, I am analyzing one now that  has very little cash flow (basically is projecting cash neutral) but we are trying  to calculate the value add to determine if to move forward.Hope this helps.Good luck

Hello,Appreciate if someone can please advise and explain the "Annualized Total Return" calculation on Bigger Pockets Rental Property Calculator.

I was recently watching a webinar that @Brandon Turner was hosting where he was going over the benefits of using the BP Calculators to quickly analyze deals.

Calculating my ROI has been complicated because I don't know if I should use purchase price or current value.  

Such expenses can include travel to and from a property, out of pocket costs to make a property to look presentable and any cost to a broker to maintain a license.Since she is considered self-employed - she may be eligible to put a large portion of her earnings towards a retirement account.Since you plan to acquire more properties - you should make sure the depreciation is calculated correctly.

Profit in real estate comes from cash flow, appreciation, and principal reduction....use IRR to calculate profit. 

I would run the numbers through the BP calculator.

First determine what you could sell it for and calculate the net proceeds.