Also I feel that it's important to note that the seller in my situation has been incredibly motivated to sell by allowing us to perform all of these duties.

Question for all top real estate agent producers, what are the keys to be on the top 1% ?

Veterans of the industry talking about how newbies are being saved by incredible and unusual appreciation in home values.  

The CAP rate defines how much a particular market is willing to pay for NOI produced by a commercial property in that market (Value = NOI/CAP).

I invest in Kansas City and the ROI is incredible.

This investmdent has produced <5% distributions over the past 2 1/2 years with a 2% reurn for the past 3 months and projected in the foreseeable future.

When you are analyzing this type of deal, you will want to look at the (a) cash flows that can be produced, (b) the credit (look at the credit metrics on their balance sheet, ie. debt-to-equity ratio, quick ratio, free cash flows) quality of the tenant, (c) scrutinize the guarantor.  

I really want to make sure that I don't attach more debt to my primary residence if I'm making repairs to a non income producing asset that I plan of getting rid of.   

I'm still not understanding why It's not producing the same result.

The most popular ones here on BP seem to be1) Memphis2) Cleveland3) IndianapolisI recommend setting up keyword alerts for each of those cites as they all seem to have pretty similar numbers and are all incredibly well represented here on the site.