I was concerned about the potential electric bill because winters in Wisconsin can be pretty brutal.In reality I kept the temperature at a comfortable level and never had an electric bill that went higher than $90 to low $100s.i loved it.

Crime rates are very low, but the properties in the immediate vicinity are blighted.

Cash buyers generally push prices down as low as possible with the promise of closing quickly.

When you're buying an renting a home you can run into difficulties with tenant management and maintenance, which can be extremely frustrating.

Have you checked out the BP book on investing with no and low money down?

Asking price: $245,000 - reasonable for the areaEstimated Monthly Rent under current leases: $2500.00 - on the low side of the range for the area but the tenant base is long term and stableAnnual Taxes: $5000Annual Insurance - Unknown/information requestedUtilities - Unknown/information requestedBuilding Owner pays for alarm monitoring,electric and water bills - have asked for monthly cost averages but do not have yet.Individual tenants pay their own internet and phoneDescription: 2400 sqft, brick building with a 10 space parking lot, good location Known upcoming repair is HVAC for the downstairs (est $5k), upstairs HVAC has already been replaced.Thank you for your time as well as your opinion on this deal, recommendations for additional questions, additional information etc. 

(Make sure you are including your closing costs on purchase and sale to compute.)  5% vacancy is probably unrealistically low unless there are long-term tenants (which often means the rents are below-market).

Hello,I am new to real estate investing and have become extremely fascinated with it.

They are very difficult to find and if they are as good as you need them to be then they are going to be extremely busy. 

Even though the prices are low, what is best way to asses prices for foreign investors ?