This doesn't seem right because I watch Brandon Turners real estate videos and the COC roi should usually be in the 8% - 12% range, but 12% is where you should be aiming for.

And really watch the different neighborhoods to find an area you think will give you the price-point you need. 

I am a full time carpenter and after I was on the show I stopped watching HGTV immediately because it is nothing like doing everything for yourself!

That's why you follow what everyone has mentioned here to include reading Brandon's book and watching the Webinars so you can ask the right questions during screening, etc. 

According to my Mom, she seemed like a "nice lady".

Will definetly add your reccommendations to my list.Yeah, I’ve watched a few property analysis videos, but yet to analyze one myself, mainly because I don’t feel comfortable estimating many of the inputs at this point.

I suspected from watching other rentals that we had been on the market a long time and now I know it's true. 

Thank you ladies and gents.

The deal with this lady is that she was once rather well to do.

A room to check out and watch the trader floor in would be Atlas, it's free although you can't talk in the trader floor there are many calls and news posted there in real time and could very well mean you don't even need a scanner.