Numerous books, including one of my favorites, uses the sqft method.

Are STR legal in the triangle, and mostly up to the HOAs to allow or not?

I have had, however, numerous quality courses in different aspects of real estate, but have been slow to create partnerships or mentors to personally guide me in how to most safely and quickly profit from real estate investing.

According to the Triangle Business Journal, Raleigh is now #3 among best performing cities.

There is no such problem with filling up your rentals with immigrants.Of all of the responses in this thread, and the numerous other threads on this forum that talk about similar topics, there is one common element to all of the responses. 

The code enforcement official said that it was a house that drew numerous complaints from the neighbors for unkept grass and other nuisances, and also for being a drug house.   

It almost doubles because I don't need to make another down payment - I'm only increasing my investment by the principal paid during the 2nd year so the denominator only increases slightly but the numerator doubles (aggregate cash flow).

I've crunched the numbers on numerous properties ranging from $250k to $400k that meet my criteria and are listed on the MLS.

To the point of @John Thedford I have lent money to people I trusted from meeting them numerous times and I lent it to them with first lien position and my name on the documentation (make sure you follow all those steps).

So, look at the functional analysis as well as the numerical analysis before doing anything.