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How can I find a cap rate at any location?

You can track each individual flip using the Customer and Project features. 

.$57k gross annual return. take off 30% (8% vacancy, 12% PM, 5% Cap Ex, 5% Maint.) 

I've never done business in the Texas market but In KC a 10% cap rate and over 10% COC return is common.

•Prices are expected to keep pushing upwards as supply and demand remain uneven, with demand far exceeding the supply.With Ca rent control capping rent increases at CPI plus 5%, capped at 10%, for properties over 15 years old, how is the average rent increase so high?  

Leave it capped.

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But at face value, the three currently rented units produce $2095/month in net income, so it seems like the cash flow could be great, but then when I plug everything into the calculator tool on BP with 8% vacancy, 10% property management, 10% cap ex, etc, I actually end up with a negative cash flow. 

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