If only for an apples to apples comparison to other investments.

The main argument seems to be that bank interest rates are 1%, so 5 or 6 percent on a real estate loan is great by comparison.  

Prior to speaking with realtor about my property, I've done local comparisons and find that the value for the home is roughly about the same.

Just make sure your first deal is a good one, starting off with a bad deal can set you back more than it helps you.I was able to pick up that many that quickly because I had cash in the bank to invest to get me started so it's not a fair comparison.

As someone who currently lives in Manhattan though, I can say that Yonkers and Riverdale and New Rochelle are definitely not walkable cities in comparison, so you'll definitely want to find a place within a reasonable distance from the train stations- or at least with a parking space!

Eric the best valuation method is DIRECT SALES COMPARISON for ANY property type. 

VA loan also as that 1% funding fee on closing and 417k limit to spend so you think your saving with the VA loan with no PMI and no money down but your really not in comparison to an FHA loan which is almost the same and not the hard restriction the VA loan includes.I'm a 9 year veteran USMC also, I done my research on this.

In addition, various cities have started waiving development fees for ADU construction.So this is my comparison of duplex to quad (I own quite a few duplex to quad but no ADUs (yet)).Duplex has less residency rules.

This is the best way to get direct comparisons for the specific product, or you can check Account Closed 's reference, or bankrate.com .

Irvington, for example, has incredibly high property taxes for union county in comparison to current property value.