I was recently watching a webinar that @Brandon Turner was hosting where he was going over the benefits of using the BP Calculators to quickly analyze deals.

Upgrade the electric, install egress windows, and finish out the basement.However, you need to consider the cost of all this vs. the benefit.

But you likely benefited from the same forces when you purchased your place...as even if it was vacant, the price was anchored by all the previous sales of fully rented units....BUT, for any multifamily, appraisers also value based on CAP rates which WILL reflect if places are selling for less because rents are low...versus an empty unit that will have a higher price because it will be based on the pro forma rent.  

You get the benefit of the reduced taxes during the time You owned it.

Wow! I've never seen a more difficult way to pick a forum "topic". I'm a web designer by trade and was stopped cold...I have a question which REALLY I suppose no one but me and my lawyer can answer but I think some fe...

On page 8, point 19B states "Landlord, in its sole discretion and for its sole benefit, shall cause the Premises to be insured as it deems appropriate.

Being a tax vulture this benefits me, but I'm just wondering what is really going on.

Jacob Henderson analyze the deal as if you are going to have tenants in each side (you are essentially paying yourself by not getting that income and living there).

You provide them added benefit by help and you get training.

The difference has definitely been noteworthy, and I noticed it while it was happening without any site or study reporting it, so the reports essentially confirmed it for me.