Here is a high-level breakdown of the 4-unit property I have been considering:Asking Price: $149,900 Total Rent/Month: $2,135 = $25,620 for the yearExpenses (based on 2015): $12,371Cap Rate: 7.80%Cash ROI: 13.77% NOI: $11,968 Annual Cash Flow: $4,720 (with a mortgage, tax, etc factored in)Property Details:  Four 2-bedroom, 1-bath apartments.Clean and well maintained property.

Therefore, I believe this property will maintain its value if not increase over time.The second property is located at an intersection of a busy, but quiet, highway that has seen development creep its way in a quickened fashioned over the past couple of years, so it is fairly ripe to get.

Good tenants are attracted to maintained properties.The other side of the conversation is on the purchase/acquisition cost.

You might need to buy it for $135,000 to maintain the equity high.

Since you have already sunk the money on these ones, I would suggest keeping them supremely well maintained, and ensuring you get the full lifespan out of them. 

Our reasoning is that you can get an average 7% return on the stock market more passively therefore if we going to get active we need to be compensated for.Are our targets unreal?

There are many ways to pierce the corporate veil, the biggest is failing to maintain a separate entity and commingling. 

How about someone to run and maintain your servers, workstations, and network?  

My down payment situation would allow me to put 20 percent down on a small townhome or home for a future house rental but I would probably not be able to put quite 20 percent down for a habitable duplex in this market and maintain sufficient reserves. leading to my question for all you MSP investors out there. 

This property has been well maintained and had a new roof put on four years ago.The biggest repairs I see are possible electrical update in one building and some Decks that need replacing on the outside.I see value ad because of the low rents and could possibly add covered parking or storage to increase the NOI.