@Elizabethcolegrove @Elizabeth colegrove I like your style of investing.

Use the internet to find recent sales of homes similar in square footage, style, age, and condition to the one you are buying within the same neighborhood.

BP has a ton of material to help you achieve this step starting with the free beginners guide to RE.Regarding your third question: I'd like to suggest to check Brandon Turner's bookThe Book on Investing in Real Estate with No (and Low) Money DownGood luck!!

I'm hoping the BiggerPockets community and articles can provide some guidance in achieving these goals.

Then, when I used the subdivision as my only area for comps (I had to go back to a year to find enough) then I saw that this specific neighborhood has a completely different style and price of house.

I have always had this dream but thought I never could achieve the capital I needed and didn't know where to go to get educated.

The rent is less than a furnished apartment and they want the apartment to reflect their personal style personality. 

I want to do real estate investing because sooner than later in life I want to achieve financial freedom and work for myself, however I need a career to get some money and experience under my belt.

I want to do real estate investing because sooner than later in life I want to achieve financial freedom and work for myself, however I need a career to get some money and experience under my belt.

Here are the numbers:Asking Price $495,000(they had it listed at 399 about a year and a half ago)Year Built: 1995(10) 2/1 units, 1100 sq ft townhouse style with laundry in attached shed, very poor design on laundry in unheated space)$6175 Gross monthly rent (9 units@625, 1 @ 550)$74100 Gross Annual$6272 Taxes$1900 Insurance$7410 Property Manager (figuring 10%)$950 Garbage$4968 Water/Sewer$7410 Maintenance and repairs (figuring 10%)$1200 Snow/Lawn$7410 Vacancy (figuring 10%)$37520 Total Annual Expenses$36,580 Net Operating IncomeThinking we could get it around $425,000 so 8.6% cap rateI know I need to factor in the loan/closing costs, I'm in the initial phases of finding out what that would be.