Please share why it made sense to you -numbers and analysis.

I added one field to the expenses category which is the Heloc payment and that definitely changes the bottom line when doing the analysis.

I just did a side-by-side life cycle cost analysis and found that investing over the same period it would take to pay off my loans would yield more money for me (assuming I didn't screw anything up).

Use a conservative approach to your analysis.

Jamie Parker the residual analysis process is the same, yes.

I'm a realtor / investor who actually owns several smaller apartment buildings / units and have always relied on a simple napkin analysis of: How much cash flow I wanted to earn after downpayment.

I have come across a property that is a 4 unit multifamily in the form of 3 separate houses (2 SFR style and a duplex). I am curious if I should analyze this property as a normal multifamily, in the sense that I shoul...

I'm new to the Sacramento area (have investments in Oakland) and this analysis is extremely helpful.

To be clear, this is not a case of analysis paralysis. 

I've walked through the building and I'm confident in my analysis.