.:  Lowell:  Approx $120K per unit = 1200 rent = $100K for $1KGardner:  Approx $30K per unit = $600 Rent = $50K for $1KNot the best tool, since it does nothing to measure stability in the marketplace (as @Courtney Fitch suggests above, Gardner is in less demand and takes longer to fill than Lowell, Lowell takes longer than Somerville, etc), but a good crude way to determine how far cash can get you in a % return standpoint.Personally - I have MA rentals, but I invest OUTSIDE of MA every chance I get! 

An appraisal is one tool that a lender uses to measure risk on the property. 

Short Payoff Fraud Prevention The following protective measures are recommended in order to detect and mitigate the severity of short payoff fraud: Review all short payoff documentation carefully, including the sale contract.

., inducing my participation by giving a promissory note that he never had any intention of honoring), and committed other acts of bad faith.It will be some small measure of satisfaction to put a collection agent on his butt from now until kingdom come.

Riiiiiiiiiight.Not to say the Dow Jones alone is the true measurement of the "market" any more, but man, this is still a wild ride at the moment. 

Currently, those businesses -- which can range from mom-and-pop grocers to hedge funds -- don’t pay income tax themselves but pass their income through to their owners, who then pay tax based on their individual income-tax rates.While the pass-through rate cut would represent a major tax break for lucrative pass-throughs, tax-writers would craft measures aimed at preventing individuals from recharacterizing their personal wages as business income, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the framework is not yet public."

(This means measuring the replacement 1/2" smaller in both directions, and may also require a permit because you are technically changing the size of your window. 

The retrofit windows can be field measured and ordered to size.

Yes, an engineer needs to identify, count and measure the assets on the property.

You can take measures to reduce the likelihood of default, but there's no way to guarantee a buyer can or will continue to pay.Some ways to decrease this risk are: running a credit report, verifying income, looking up past payment history, seeing the buyer's outstanding debts, and calculating a debt-to-income ratio.The seller has the right to regain title through legal action, such as foreclosure or forfeiture, but this takes time and can be costly.