Make sure to factor increased turnover, high repairs and maintenance, and bad debt into your analysis.

Do a couple of math examples and compare your rate of return, factor in potential appreciation (its a bonus but dont let it rule your decision making process) for example house A costs 100k brings a 8% annual ROIHouse B costs 50k but brings a 11% ROIthen the answer becomes obvious, you want to deploy 100k into 2 of house B.

This can be a differentiating factor in winning the bid on a very hot property.

So that was another factor that has led me to pursue other options for multiplexes.

Using a realitor, ins't a contributing factor unless the rest of the numbers say otherwise.What you're asking is the same as asking if I bought a new car with tires, could I get good gas miliage with it?

We get over 1.7% in the US so wouldn't go there for anything bellow that. the PM part is a key factor for an out of area investor, so without that its a no go.

Many homes throughout the US are priced at or near your condo's price, you may be surprised how easy it is to find financing (subject to your credit profile and other mitigating factors)

It's designed to ensure there are no surprises after closing.

The main factor for me, if I try to correct the tax records, it might end up getting into higher tax bracket  and it may not be attractive investment anymore, but the big question I have is, will the city/county put it into higher tax bracket if we increase number of rooms and dont have to increase sq ft size at the tax records?

But it might be more passive, for sure.All depends on math, and that I do not plan much more than 10 years (if I will survive up:).If I factor the expenses (related to cost of the residental rental) 2,5%depr+1,5%ptax+2%insurance+management etc., that leaves me really small space to get the profit without appreciation.May be for commercial the numbers will look different.