Hello @Tiffany Makiya,Many investors compare properties using the ratio of annual rent to property price.

The value of the property you could buy may increase a lot (if where you buy is in the right area) and this might offset the break even.

Learn together when you can or leave some links when you find something good so that it is a shared activity.There are so many posts about the metrics of a deal, or the qualities of the asset, but those won't matter if you put your relationship in the middle of your investing trajectory.

There is no way that resident can afford a 500 jump, and I ended up losing thousands of dollars.Real estate is a business, collecting a future stream of revenue, and you need to be in control of the revenue and expensesGino

Go to BUILD YOUR TEAM at the top of the screen and look for local investors or meetups in your area.

Sale price: $2,300,000 Two separate contiguous parcels of land of approx 14 acres in Collin County, McKinney ETJ (Prosper ISD), North of DFW area, Texas.

or not worth the extra money?

And I can't really talk shop with my inner group of friends (other than the macroeconomics of CRE).Are there outlets for these types of conversations? 

Some of them live 6 months in the property and the rest of the year they go to Canada since most of the owners are from there. 

We are in the process of screening a tenant which of course includes verifying rental history.