Christian,I do weight the answers based on rental dollars, if the results are feeding a financial assessment.

Whether its a hard print newspaper on their doorstep in the morning, or an RSS feed, consumers have taste in everything from clothing to soda to news.

So the payments you make to them consist of their basis (no tax), gains (capital gains tax), and interest (ordinary income.)

Don't brag, I really dislike braggers, they are often new money types lacking self esteem feeding an ego, it's an indication of greed and greedy people are often an easy touch in finance.

Don't make any offers over the phone and don't commit yourself until you are sure.Using a set script with a structure to collect a lead will help you to be consistent and populating your database with leads keeps the hopper full.Best of luck.Ted

I cannot feed the duct work to the upstairs apartment because I have no way to split the utility bill between the two units even if it were zoned.

Those people can attest that the opportunity cost of sitting on the sidelines has been costly.Yes, there are still deals to be had, keep doing your research, be consistent and try to get in the game with a deal that meets YOUR desired risk/return criteria, while diligently protecting the downside through adequate cash reserves, conservative underwriting and the ability to hold long term. 

@Eric Michaels  very good points you make.as a HML myself since the mid 80s.. profits do run on market conditions.. and many times we as the lender made as much if not more than the operator.. in 2017 my wife did two flips.. first one she made 120k on  Ya  second one she lost 30k  LOL.. in our new construction we tend to be more consistent.. 

I own property overseas myself and property management in that country for SFR’s generally consists of your real estate agent doing it for you as a courtesy at no extra cost.

They are running 75-90% occupied consistently .