Finally, use all these numbers, including purchase price, repairs, rental income, expenses, and sales price or cash out refi after X number of years (you can play with these parameters) and calculate IRR on the series (can use the excel function to do this) ... this is your total return, over the life of the investment, including ALL sources of profit.

Please feel free to post here or message/add me if you are an agent that would like to hear more about my situation/plans and see if we would be a correct fit for each other.Thanks!

We have excellent property management in place and offer a solid product.  

Problem is, I live in the Bay Area and can't get much which fits my budget or return expectations.

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Furthermore, investors get excellent tax treatment that aren't possible in mutual funds, etc.  

I asked him if I could show his house to a client, it wasn't a fit for them but he agreed to let me list it after a couple of conversations.

This is an excellent question.

No matter your approach, BP has a lot of useful information, tools and what not for you to excel!

I was wondering if starting a Property management company might be a good way to start.I am excellent with marketing and business in general, just a complete newb in RE.