That being said, I was considering building a low cost franchise opportunity to people who struggle, like single mom's and the elderly who live on fixed incomes, allowing them to rent an apartment from me and the could rent the rooms out themselves.With the right team I see a win win, but I wanted some feedback.

If so, is it a single or multi family?

It's not just real estate agents either - Angie's List, HomeAdvisor, A Place for Mom, attorney ads for lawsuits, etc.The Zillow's of the world spend so much on PPC that no single agent can compete with them.The worst part of it all is that they're so sloppy with their results. 

My partner and I are focused on single family homes in Amherst, NY, convenient to the UB campus. 

How does one find the expense ratio of nearby properties for comparison?

It's a single family residence near a small college.

Purchase price: $300,000 Cash invested: $40,000 Sale price: $400,000 After flipping 2 other small single family houses around 200k we decided to go into a bigger deal, got the property for 300k invested 30k into it and we sold it for 400k, it took a lot longer to sell than the smaller deals.

Did you form a single member LLC or two persons?

The details:STR owners must obtain a $119 STR license.Can operate one STR in any legal dwelling unitR-1 properties can do one STRR-2 properties can do up to two STRsR-4 properties can operate up to four STRsThis does mean that if you have a single-family home, zoned R-1, you can NOT operate multiple Airbnb room rentals.

Trying to think of things to increase BPO in single family houses.