You should also run the numbers by a local property manager and ask them for their opinion of rent points and operating expenses - they can be invaluable in analyzing a deal.  

I always like looking at the 20 year option when analyzing a refinance.

I am analyzing whether it makes sense to purchase a duplex in Colorado.

In another report, I have analyzed the property at 70% of this purchase price but for now I wanted to see if the deal still made sense with the price they requested. 

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I’ve been analyzing and practicing how to figure things out.

If you're out of town and looking to analyze a deal, how do you estimate the repair costs if you only have a few photos on the listing to look at?

I am analyzing a duplex That each unit has its own owner.

Through a combination of reading, shadowing, analyzing, and doing smaller projects and then scaling the size and complexity you'll be able to learn this faster and more deeply than any other method.It would be interesting to get some reps with this Yoda Developer and walking it all the way through with him and drawing some correlations between what he's doing in his head and reality. 

Every deal has to be analyzed based on its own merit, and it's own numbers.