Man this is a complicated question lol, Dodd-Frank has restricted overall loan making by banks making it much more difficult for smaller businesses and new investors to secure favorably priced loans.

The units are all metered independently so I don't have to subtract anything from rents other than typical vacancy, cap x, monthly expense averages..etc. 

Is it heavy/difficult to ship?

How's it going everyone . I am a first time buyer wanting to ask a common question . I live out here in Bakersfield ca . And I'm really eager on finding an investor that might help me out with a great deal I'm not ask...

The latter will be difficult if you have zero experience, but either way I suggest attending the local RE investor meetings that are put on every month.  

Returns, cap rates and gross rent multipliers are several ways that people begin to look at markets.  

I put cap ex at 1000 per door a year ball parking it so 160 a month I am not including the studio in these evaluations because I will live theremaitnance as 85 a monthvacancy of 160 a monthSo over all looks like this so far.40k downprice 158500rents 1700 monthtax and insurance 560monthcap ex 170 monthmaitnance 85 monthvacancy 160 monthall together 975 a monthsubtract that from both units rentAnd there is 725 left over enough to cover the principle and interest and leave like 100 bucks left over for my utility's and such.current owner says the coin laundry downstairs covers the water and tenants take care of there electric and suchNow just 100 left over isn't much only 1200 a year not a very good return on 40k but when I move out and instal a fire escape in the studio as I live there I can rent that for another 550. after I adjusted the numbers for the studio this deal looks really good because I am able to keep pretty much everything the studio would produce.I'd get like 6k a year and get a 25 percent cash on cash which sounds as delicious as it can get.It is in a working c class class area. on the worse side of it. that's were most of the duplexes in the area are to be honest.

Cash flow can be decent, but exit can be more difficult than with a general SFH.Both Frenship and Cooper ISD are good, but property taxes are higher in those areas, and property taxes tend to be higher in Texas anyway.I hope that helps!

There is less competition there and you have the rewards that can come from the cap rate when adding positive improvements. 

Many try and put a cap on increases.