I also had an experience with a tenant using an offhand comment on these forums to imply I was trying to do something illegitimate when I was just wondering and asking for information...

That got us through all the basic rebuild until we secured a 750K loan to finish. 

Anyway.....This deal has me wondering: how do I decide if it is "worth it" ?  

Those that place a high value on their money and/or are in the expansion phase of investing will wonder where you learned about investing in real estate.

I have no experience with financing larger apartment buildings and I’m wondering about down payments.

@Dan HeuscheleThat would be wonderful but low income areas that’s not going to happen .

I have a broker's license from awhile ago and renewed it last year but otherwise have never used it.I'm wondering what's required from my end?

We can also evaluate on square footage of properties with similar finishes. 

I hate statistics jobs like that, it's just too hard to measure.If x agent spends 10 hours a week learning and trying to be better and y agent sits in the office wondering when someone is going to call how can you measure that and say that the average agent makes = z.Who ever woke up wanting to be average anyway!

Hello my name is Brian and im new here and im also wondering what are good areas to invest in im in California and i want to invest out of state.