The market rent puts all three together at approximately $2900 monthly.Costs behind the acquisition:Property taxes: $5000 yearlyInsurance estimate for all three: $3,300 yearlyC-class properties (not best location, their condition is about average - older properties)Purchase price: $250,000k$15k down and $235k seller financed at 6% interest for 30 years. 5-year PPP.

For example (I may have already mentioned before), Alltec software doesn't have remote access function so you will have to go to the office to log on to computer if there's any issue occurred after hour (you can get around this by doing remote access to your office computer but the new Windows 10 system makes it not so easy and I still haven't done it successfully...).

I don't know if there is an "ideal real estate market" these days.

I actually just did a dscr loan to pay off the hard money I borrowed on the second property (where we live and rent the actual house) I estimate the appraisal to come in around $215-280K which if I were to take out 80% would barley give me enough to buy anything in the FL market and have cash left over for renovations.Not sure if im missing a step here or if it might be best to buy an auction home with that cash to flip and have more capital to have more deal options. 

Quote from @Robert Herrick: If your other flip is successful, you could use the cash from that sale to dig yourself out of the hole on this one.

I’ve heard that newer versions of QuickBooks Desktop now operate on a yearly subscription basis, but I prefer a one-time purchase if possible.Has anyone successfully purchased QuickBooks Desktop Pro recently and managed to use it without having to renew a subscription?

I get a decent a mount of off market multi family deals perfect for those looking to house hack in NJ but they tend to be much higher price point

If you look at other threads on the Chicago market this topic comes up a lot! 

More of a cash flow than appreciation market?

Reading's growing market further enhanced its appeal.