If anybody could truly do it with any sort of accuracy and consistency, then Las Vegas would be the place to get rich, not Wall Street or Main Street.With cash flow, you can narrow down what your return will be today with relative accuracy, but over the long run, many other factors will influence your total return, such as appreciation, market rents, tenant problems, maintenance issues, tax laws, city ordinances, etc.

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Is it facing the noisy street,park,lake view,view of a brick wall,other tenants etc.All of this plays into factoring rents for YOUR unit.Your broker should be asking instead of "Are you interested in renting this unit?"

But just a tip, because it is such a pain, just watch the legal notices, Our last big score on this front was they were widening a now main street lined with 10 year old homes, we saw it and started taking long term options on all the nearby vacant lots and when the bidding started with the low interest in moving homes we got most of them for very low prices. jackpot.

the unit I lived in had 3 units, basement, main and upper, and was in between storefronts on a downtown street.

That won't test the sewer and drain lines though as I recall.The shutoff at the street level might be broken in the off position.

Originally posted by Damion Hopkinson:where are the most promissing places to meet an investorplace ads in newspapers, signs on streets and do direct mail to land lords (some are still buying)when you find one potentially, consider:Finding Potential BuyersThere is an old saying in the real estate business that goes something like this, “It’s easier to find a house for a buyer than it is to find a buyer for a houseâ€; I agree.

If so there is a vibrant REIA club in your area. 

It might be worth the loss on the sale to get the house off the books and move on.My feelings are, you can sell a house on any street, it just all boils down to how little you are willing to sell it for.

Does your lease give the whole driveway to one unit, and instruct the other to park on the street?