In construction we have a saying "measure twice, cut once" it works for investing too.

Prop 10 calls for the repeal of the 1995 Costa Hawkins Act which was enacted to limit rent control measures statewide.   

The best way to avoid analysis paralysis is to have a very clear identified criteria and objective to measure any deal against.

@Jim Growfer All these measures- Cap rate, Cash on cash, ROI are pretty useless when used singly; they are too easily manipulated.

You may need to consider installing a safety gate or other measures.

The day of the inspection, the Fire FD comes to the 1 bedroom unit and 1) measure the bedroom windows and say they are not to building code 2) express that the egress form the bedroom door needs to be changed as it's not to code.

However, if as an example, we take a look at the many people who enjoyed some short term success on the back of the dot.com boom of the late 1990s, we’ll see that there were not too many that held onto their fortunes or whatever it was by which they measured their success.

Joe,As long as you have a scope of repairs, can use a tape measure and can multiply you can get a HomeTech book (google them, no available in stores) and use it to get a bearing on your estimates.

As scary as it sounds, I am right with Mike on this.I would ad that anything is possible if you have the dedication, but if you don't then it would be smart to realize that before taking any drastic measures such as quitting your job.

In fact there is definitely a measurable slow down in home sales during the winter months.