Then, if the house had a tenant, we compared what the current landlord was getting vs. what the market seemed to be demanding.

Using comparable sold properties with similar condition to your end product, within a 1/2 mile (sometimes a little further), less than 6 months old, within 20% of square footage, not crossing major boundaries ( high ways, school districts, city lines, etc).

Going back further in time and extrapolating present day values is orders of magnitude easier and more reliable than comparing townhomes to condos.  

Ok, back to the (now after being lowered two times very reasonable sounding price of $499,000.00J… Since this is supposed to be an analysis why don’t we compare this San Diego Price with the Stockton rents which are currently, according to the listing, $850*4 = $3,400.

The comparable home prices are 665,000 for that area.

Don't buy into that market unless you believe it's going to change and raise the value of your property (appreciate).When doing the house-hack thing, compare the cost of renting your side of the property with market rents for similar.

Look at $ per sq foot and $ per bd to compare with the recent sales.

How does it compare to similar properties in your area?  

I look at it a a hobby and something that will provide me a valuable product compared to any other hobbies.

They don't have live streaming without a cable affiliation and let me tell you - the Today Show is marshmallow fluff compared to the education I was getting daily from Squawk Box, etc. ...