Your searching on the mls with an agent , the same thing thousands of others are doing everyday . 

Networking with different business owners everyday could be the answer to my real estate potential lead revenue.

Hello,We work work with California investors on a daily basis.

Then there is the one who hasn't bathed in a week and wears the same clothes every day.

So although the rent seems low, and does not meet 1% rule even after you rent out both units, perhaps you can rent it out to students per room basis, and maybe then it might cash flow?

With the right knowledge from an agent, the extra 0.5% could be worth it (and 3% is standard on a national basis). 

Keep submitting your offer every day if the bid review date has passed. 

Businesses reach out to him on a weekly basis with highly lucrative high return hard money loan requests.

@Kyle Rutger, The entire property has a beginning basis - your purchase price. 

I talk to investors every day who were lured by the appeal of excellent cash flow, only to have it eaten up by turnovers and vacancy and are having a hard time selling a few years later because appreciation wasn't what they hoped.