Hi Javier, I think the ultimate best way to save your money is to add a knowledgeable and proactive accountant into your team.The wholesalers are taxed very aggressively in comparison to landlords, but a couple of things that just popped in my head:- consider living/investing in a state with no state income tax- consider investing through tax-deferred plans like IRA- consider creating a corporation and make sure you maximize your tax deductions

ROI is much more useful as a barometer for comparing your investment to those of other investors as it eliminates leverage in the calculation (though it still includes interest rates & that may make comparisons different).Hope that helps!

By comparison, your unit is larger and has a private yard space.

Comparing 5 Series to 1 regular LLC strikes me as a loaded comparison. 

It will cost you very little in comparison to actual furniture staging, and it will also allow for people to get the visual benefits of your property. 

@Syed Lateef I agree repairs/maint. are not properly reflected in the comparison.

You will just need to adjust the price of the older property downward in comparison to the newer homes due to its age and condition.

Profitable, but a timid comparison to the impact compounding would have had on the original money you did pay for that little house.

The local banks online systems pale in comparison and are pretty clunky to use.Unfortunately, other than writing the unit number on the deposit slip, there is not much else you can do to determine who has paid. 

@Alshan San DFW is getting harder and harder to find properties that cash flow, prices are high in comparison to what they can rent for.