How profitable are those stores compare to restaurants and others businesses? 

Pepperell is a much more expensive suburb than Lowell where the single Family houses sell for about double when compared to Lowell How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

Compare yourself to people who own no homes trying to buy their first.

I am wondering if this would go even higher.Anyone has any insight on why this property alone would be double tax compare to other homes in the area?

I'm looking into acquiring my first rental property and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations to see what everyone uses to compare rents in different neighborhoods?

In doing so, even with the $700 out of pocket, that was about $1000 less a month that I would've been spending for a comparable apartment. 

Why would you invest out of state in current real estate market when the yields are so comparable..

Compare that to the sale price of a parking lot.

A hypothetical comparison for example:Say a normal fixed-rate mortgage could be obtained at 5%Now compare this to an ARM where you could obtain a 4% interest rate for an initial period of 5-10 years.

This is entirely anecdotal, but even with the low interest rates, it seems significantly harder (almost impossible) to find a single family property that will cashflow compared to 3-5 years ago.