You HAVE to research the seller, the broker selling you the deal, the property manager taking over after purchase, vendors, and everybody else in the deal, there's too many fly-by-night folks in today's marketplace.

Don't get me wrong I advertise all over Craiglist, Rentals.com, GoSection8.com, Facebook Market Place and Apartments.com.

Assess your sophistication level in all things financial and then talk with a good CPA or financial advisor do not take advice on the internet LOL  that would be one thing for someone with a million in cash to consider.Real estate is simply one of many options to invest in.. 

(I apologize if this post is against the rules of marketing, I do not have the membership that allows me to post in the marketplace.  

Dion DePaoli did not go away; here is a post from him that's about a month old now:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/517/topics/56...I see that Steve that was a market place ad..

Account Closed I think you have already self - assess my biggest concern. 

6) MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING, he is assessing the value of mycondominium at approximately $143 a square foot but the lowest costper square value sale out of his four comps is at $157.

@Eric Le  Have a licensed electrician assess your wiring and then follow his recommendation.  

You know, to assess my comfort levels against best guesses of numbers against whether my goals are realistic or too small blah blah blah.Anyway, wondering if anyone has already created such a spreadsheet so I don't have to recreate the entire wheel?

I have seen it go the other direction to avoid higher property tax assessments when the powers that be were complacently using new sale prices to up such assessments.