When house hacking a duplex, start by estimating the total monthly rent you can earn from the unit you’ll rent out.

Appreciation virtually always results in rent appreciation which results in increased cash flow.Case shiller used to publish a ranking of large cities based on total residential return since the year 2000.  

I mean he did sell his Rehab business for $115M so im not sure that's a total lie about being worth that much.

I've been mulling it over and trying to articulate to myself what I'm really looking for and I guess what I've most recently settled on is if a deal works that will give me better total return for the money and the time, then I'll call it a good deal.

Yup thats just one guy and one example there is going to be some really bad stuff happen because of these so called trainers and again I lump everyone in to that so called trainer who is advocating this niche .. they should just keep it to themselves instead of making money selling how to do this.. its a trian wreck and a total stain on the industry..

These days too many people have too little coverage in case of a rebuild so you do want to make sure you understand the true cost of a total loss.

Totally understood.   

I might get 5 to 10 totally unqualified applicants before I get a good one.  

ya those are totally open ended questions your going to have to figure it out from here on your own or with someone else chiming in..

At the moment with 3 rentals (6 total units), I have one account and a credit card associated with it.