This should give you a fairly accurate idea of the potential range of value that the local market holds.

To avoid spending money on wifi extender, I installed the home router on 2nd floor on one of the guest room so all floors fall under the wifi range.

In general, aim for markets with growing population, diverse economy, and low unemployment.

For this deal, I used traditional vacation home financing and was able to get an interest rate in the low 3% range and put 10% down.

Challenge I’m running into is that There seem to be a fair amount of 4 to 8 unit properties but the financing is very different depending on that range.

When I run my comps I usually give my investors a price range lowest to highest, of what I expect it to actually rent for as well as a starting price.If your Property Manager/Realtor won't do this for you they might not be the best fit for you.

There are new construction in communities that are selling for 250-290 range around 1400 square feet.

In my opinion, overhead map, the split could easily be 20/80, residential/commercial, especially if the expansion goes through.Comparables of just single family houses in the area are selling for the $400,000 range.

I don't know the average time on market there, but would bet it's in the 6-12 month range.  

If I made an offer in the $280,000 range, I don't know where I'd come up with $80,000.