Its very simple to figure out & use and it gives enough metrics to analyze single family properties. 

They usually do not have these figured out, I mean sure, everyone wants to 'make money', or ' own 10 properties in 3 years', or (my favorite) 'replace their W2 job in 5 years'.....but they have not thought any further than those basic (and misguided) goals.

My advice is to figure out a way to make the investment more liquid with less risk.

I figure this would be really helpful for anyone in our business.

Vanessa,I second others comment on the advice of putting yourself in the owner's shoes and figuring out your selling points from that point of view. 

Now, you need to figure out how to find deals and pay for them.

Put your bad *** investor thinking cap on and you will figure out a plan!

I figure out something. 

So now your scrambling, going onto forums trying to figure out how to get it all back to the Nirvana it was.

Now, you need to figure out how to find deals and pay for them.