I'd be curious where your are, if you don't mind saying.If you want to argue about whether or not expenses are really 50% of the rent, find one of the threads over in the deal analysis forum.

But, they're analysis will be similar.Jon

Either way, once you find a candidate property, you'll want to do a proper cash flow analysis.

We also prepare analysis for the bank to look at for each property we purchase to show that we can easily float such a loan.

The best advice I can give you is don't get analysis paralysis.

But that requires a good bit of training on demographic research, (not to mention design skills or the budget to outsource the design of your landing pages) and statistical data analysis so you can project the yield on your ROI.

Getting back into the REI game and I am practicing my deal analysis on some MLS properties.

Came across a 2 family that needs quite a bit of work but I'm in love with the location.Here my analysis put together... would like some opinions, or advice if I'm missing somethingPurchase Price - $50kRepairs - $40kMonthly Mortgage Payment w/interest - $260Property Taxes - $290Insurance - $150Heat - $200 (currently setup to share heat off of one boiler, so would have to include heat in rent)Maintenance - $100Monthly expenses - $1,000Rental IncomeUnit 1 - $600Unit 2 - $800Monthly income - $1,400Thanks ahead of time for the advice!

So, the basket analysis is not really relevant.

@James Mudd Using simple rule of thumb analysis, tells you the cap rate would be closer to 7.35% with both sides rented. 2 x $950 = 1900/month x 12 = 22,800 Gross Rents / a reasonable expectation of expenses of 50% = 11,400/155k = 7.35% Cap Rate You will get the accurate numbers if you follow @Mehran Kamari's advice, but that cap rate is way over optimistic.