Hi Sally, thank you for the referrals, I really appreciate it.

I think your best approach is to pretend you are the investor yourself, calculate build cost (mortgage with interest) + Maint / cap expenses/ management fees according to your zoning and then compare that to the average rent in that neighborhood.

What are the pros and cons of a Single Family Homes vs a Townhouse for rentals. 

Turned out that the house had been owned by a family who lived there forever and ran a small beauty salon out of the house, so one of the bedrooms had been turned into the hair salon and the dining area turned into a foyer.

You can use Propstream to get information, but generally, the spend isn't worth it until you have an idea of what the plan is.

@Mindy Rosscup, you want a contract that is specific to the laws of your state.

@Thomas JaskulskiIf it is a good deal, the buyers will be the easy part.

I agree with @Jonathan Greene here that the first step is thinking through what to do with the primary residence - you might try this tool that I built a few months ago to analyze whether you should keep or sell the primary residence! 

But that is also in the very nature of real estate, it is long-term.

I just started following you,Janet