Risk should play a much bigger role in the evaluation.How do you deal with or adjust for these issues, if it all?

Ideally, I would invest here in the Bay Area where I live in order to take advantage of a low downpayment (forgot to mention, I've been looking mainly at Homepath properties) and also to be able to self-manage.

I think most of us just find it fun to look at different scenarios and play "what if"As far as a target number, I see "at least $100 a door" thrown around a lot here on BP.

I understand at a high level how refinancing works (at least with traditional 15yr/30yr loans) but was wondering how that comes into play when you have to pay a PMI.

Yesterday, one of the neighbor kids was playing outside with his brand new Christmas toy.

These are only the first 5 zones, maybe Detroit will be selected later after some of the bankruptcy situation plays out specifically the pension situation.

It's been a while since I was hands on with quickbooks and don't have a copy in front of me that I can play with to give you a better answer.

Maybe you should consider shifting gears and playing to your strengths...

We would then like to purchase another MFH (ideally 4 unit) within a year of our duplex purchase, and I anticipate that purchase being closer $300k (though hopefully less).We have $30k available for down payment and closing costs, because we were initially planning to put 10% down on a SFH in the $250k range.

I try to be memorable by playing up the "I'll buy any POS if the numbers work" aspect