Another great resource is the Milken Institute and their Best Performing Cities Report.

Hello,Has anyone recently used mashvisor is it pretty accurate with its nunbers when it performs it analysis or is there any other online website such as mashvisor that can help get the right data to analysis a duplex?

Hello,Which website between loopnet, zillow, realtor.com and trulia can you say has the most accurate numbers when it tells how much a duplex is worth.

., my guess is they have a handyman subcontracted to perform who charges the PM company who then if you lucky passes cost to you, or likely marks up 10-25%.

I have built and remodeled hundreds of homes utilizing green materials, energy efficient products, and high-performance building techniques that most builders have never heard of simply because the practices I utilize are ABOVE code.

Also, managing poor contractors' performance was much needed on this project and I am finding, will be more of the norm than the exception.

And I made some big mistakes. but I also got the ball rolling and wound up with some amazing properties that have performed well and appreciated like crazy.So I guess my encouragement to you is to to go for it!

I use Realtor.com for most of my comps - this and Redfin are the best and most accurate public sites with this type of information. 

It's never accurate. 

I disagree that the 1065 would be the more complicated route.Relying on each owner to report, accurately, their share of rental activity on Schedule E, plus issuing 1098s to the parties not named in the mortgage would be more complicated and more prone to error, especially if it's being undertaken in a DIY manner..I concede a 1065 would be more expensive than DIY tenants in common, however it frees up the owners to pursue higher value activities and provides them greater assurance everything is being done as accurately as possible.If we want to say error is being mitigated by a tax pro doing the returns of the owners in a TIC situation, sure we can say and all agree to that, but IMO the compliance fees for a pro in this situation for all individuals would be higher than that of just engaging a pro for one 1065.