Either way I'm excited learn some more and finally get started.Professionally, I'm a residential loan originator with Regions Mortgage here in Miami.

I currently own two multi-family units in Toronto, Ontario and am looking to make a plunge into the US market. 

We have created an LP and began talking to a regional bank.

Hello BiggerPockets,  My name is Annabelle and I live just north of Toronto. 

Is there anywhere I can get a chart of historical rental prices over the last 10 or more years by a region, city, or zipcode?

It's important to understand when looking at such sites, or when posting on Biggerpockets, etc. that every region of the country is different, on down to every city, neighborhood etc What Zillow and others often don't factor in to its figures for cost per square foot, and can't, is the specifics of the property.

Of course if your plumbing to the STREET is brand new and you have new pex... you have new wiring new roof New mechanicals.. the rest of cosmetic if the house has good bones.. that helps for sure. its hard to make a case study with just one home.you could also have one were the tenant left at 5  months and did 5k of damage.or you could be buying in Dallas area and have your foundation go wonky and spend 3 to 5k fixing it .. which happens on almost all homes in that area. etc etc  some of this is regionalize for sure.

We build out massive websites that are 20,000+ pages each highly specified with long-tail keywords combined with 50-100 smaller cities within a geographic region of interest.

Simply stated, I am young professional seeking to maximize my income through real estate investing. As I am new to much of this (REI), I am still in the "acquiring knowledge/education" phase; and hope to utilize the w...

Dani,How do you calculate the Vacancy rate for a region?