I think that the painstaking process of analyzing tons of deals (virtually all of which will be bad), is an invaluable education.

When you're analyzing potential rental income, what's the best source to determine what the unit would rent for? 

Be prepared for that possibility too.Then, that means you missed something putting the deal together.A deal being profitable is not a matter a chance, it's a matter of properly analyzing the deal and doing the numbers.

In terms of searching for properties and analyzing deals would love to assist with that as well!

I think you have to analyze each deal and decide which makes the most sense to you based on where you are in life.  

(A duplex has the ability to accomplish both)I hope some of those answers helped you analyze some possible plans moving forward.

Analyzing at a property in Independence (suburb of Kansas City).It's a fourplex converted from SFR, apparently back in the 40s or 50s.Zoning commissioner tells me they wouldn't want to mess with it if it's been that way for that long.

So i have this 4plex im interested in but dont know if its a good deal i ran numbers based on pro forma and got good numbers then i finally got the financial spread sheets and renters roll and its still kind of good b...

I've heard people say to expect a call-back % of anywhere from 2-8%, and that seems reasonable as I'm already analyzing more houses than that monthly.Also, I've found a lot of good info on the site surrounding what to write on the letters and how to be cost effective when sending them, but I'm still unsure of how the negotiation process is going to go once a motivated seller calls me.

@Emily Debes , have you analyzed the numbers yourself?