@Abel Rodriguez Make sure you know what's involved with Sec 8 rentals.

The current options are either a single family home "that doesn't seem like a good public use to me," or a park "which would be about the most expensive 12,000 square foot park I've ever heard of."

Where can I find info on rent comparables (like price per square foot) for that area?

So it is like a car transaction in terms of title.But based on the integrity of the numbers involved it should be treated like a real estate transaction.

Networking, investor meetings, helping people.If you create value for someone, they'll create value for youBut I shouldn't lie:  doing the closings and being involved in that way probably shows me a lot of them

Where I can find those tax amounts from an independent source (read: not involved in the RE transaction) in order to analyze the deal?

only you would be able to decide that , everyone has different levels of involvement and different means of "justifying"...

I am sure 99% of people on BP are ethical - however, you never know and someone can swoop the deal from right under your nose.2) I think $160,000 is personally a little bit high for that property.3) Alot of the basements in Allentown built in that period are not ideal for another unit.You may be to fix it to add additional square footage; but not another unit.

Why not involve them from the beginning?

You're looking at your first deal, do it wrong, and this sounds like you're trying to force a square peg into a round hole, and it might sour you on REI for life.