Some main benefits of this lending option are the following: Have fewer requirements As compared to traditional bank loans the hard money lenders have few requirements.

Things tend to move a little slower up there when compared to southern NH.

If not, get this from them right away in order to compare apples to apples. 

There are not many duplexes in Fairfield/Vacaville compared to....say Oakland.....and there aren't many duplexes in the San Diego area unless you want to go to San Ysidro, Chula Vista or Imperial Beach.

I have a comparable place in Minnetonka right now that would have been able to get market rents around $2,500, currently averaging $7k per month with some touching near $10k. 

Also curious to know what the current rent is at compared to where it should be.

This will allow you to see how comparable the neighborhoods are, at least from a data standpoint. 

These loans are comparable to Full doc loans (loans issued by banks and other conventional financing institutions) in terms of rates and the process and paperwork is much less. 

I am struggling to place a value on monthly rent as there is no comparable housing in my area, New River, Arizona.

we can pre wire for 150 bucks or so.. compared to after the fact and cutting your garage walls etc.