Determine your goal. 2.

My question is how do you determine what a good deal is ?

I paid 440k for it and wrote off 420k year one.. and got it with 20k down.. kind of like buying an RV..  20 year loan 5% interest payments were only 3k a month.. that kind of freedom and fun you simply cant put a price on.. 

The answer to those questions will determine your exit strategy. 

It is very helpful to know that simply connecting someone could be considered brokering, so thank you for that! 

Lost buyer.I contacted my HOA requesting they redo the job, and take pictures /  determine if there was a mold problem. 

When I determined that I would be in NYC for a long time, I bought a duplex in a neighborhood that I liked that locked in my housing costs (including taxes, insurance and maintenance) at roughly the cost of renting.

How to you determine the cap rate when the market value is the number you are trying to calculate (ie an unknown)?

In a neighborhood that you know very little about, what website do you use to set a rent?

How helpful is it?

In Maine, it's very common for landlord supplied heat simply because heating oil and winters can be so unpredictable that both lower income tenants AND financially savvy blue collar tenants lean toward "heat and hot water included".