That is a huge hurdle for any company to have to overcome, and that is why with any national portal, the accuracy of their system is going to have issues.  

It pays the bills and was fun to build to this point, but is getting monotonous and we don't care to put in the capital to expand the model. 

You can earn 50% on your capital per year just from the rental income. 

Given that it's been a 10 years, and the person in question bought the properties when big capital projects were beginning in their neighborhoods, knowing where this place is would go a long way in helping us evaluate it. 

Live in the unit for 2 years (no capital gains if sold) and then repeat.

It depends on many factors;- Available capital- Access to financing- Prior non-real estate experience (e.g. project manager)- Team (e.g.

I use National Real Estate Insurance Group (aka Affinity) - they've been very easy to work with. 

(3) do your financial estimates (estimated return on investment and costs) account for capital appreciation, tax depreciation, equity pay-down, (or, specifically, what exactly is used to determine ROI). 

Try Credit Unions, local and national banks.  

I have crunched the numbers and factored vacancy, maintenance, capital, and management expenses and the property has a negative cash flow.Since we have a 15 year mortgage and appreciation, we have about 100K-140K in equity on that property I really don’t know until we have it appraised.