If you can find other single-family homes in the area (as close as you possibly can), it works for a better comparison.

That being said, I think comparisons to 2008 are overstated.  

For comparison, I just checked a property in Ferndale that sold this year for 76.5k+: has a total market value of ~85k, and an average AVM of 122k+, and is also an investment property - not owner-occupied, and it's taxes are only 3.5k.

All states saw property appreciation in comparison to a year ago.

I ran a report two weeks before repairs and through now (and have a comparison with two similar duplexes).

Picking $200,000 for a duplex in MPLS is a bad comparison/model as they don't exist for anything you'd want to buy that isn't a total gut/reno but as a GC, you'd be a perfect candidate to BRRR but you'll need more money for the loans.

I see some cap rates advertised with 5% vacancy/repair/PM but I like to bump it up to 10% for comparison. 

Happy new year 2016 BiggerPocketers :)From the perspective of a tenant (lease) or buyer (resale), how do you compare and vote for the relative attractiveness of a house with the following characteristics [B] House's backyard backs to backyard of the neighbor's (behind) house [R] House's backyard backs to a residential community's street[G] House's backyard backs to open green area[E] House's backyard backs to an expressway or a similar high traffic streetOne Example of relative comparison : B is better than R, R is better than G, and G is better than E !

I'll post screenshots for comparison to help illustrate what I'm talking about.

A very porr comparison indeed!