Even if his opinion is overstated, it's hard to beat that kind of value appreciation in today's markets:  equities are overvalued, interest rates ensure fixed income investments don't yield much, and alternatives remain inaccessible to most investors due to investment minimums and securities law requirements like accreditation.What's more, there has been a flurry of development throughout the Boston area, including in my neighborhood. 

(Loan to own, re-cast the note for yield?)

What are the limits of debt in a world where $13.5 trillion in govt bonds is trading at a negative yield?  

If only choosing between the two options you outlined, direct mail should yield faster, more targeted leads than a website combined with SEO to capture organic search leads in short term.

Using 50% rule, that may only yield ~$70-170 cash flow.So my question is, as a new investor with a goal of building passive income, should I flip this home and roll the capital into future rental property investments given the apparently more favorable spread for the flip vs. the rental cash flow in this scenario?

"Several important factors boosting rental demand include later marriage age, increased single-headed households, longer delay in having children, millennial and baby boom lifestyle shifts toward urban living.

Hi Andrew, I did both MF and SFH, I am not sure what you mean by scaling with multifamily.You can buy 10 SFH, that gives you scale and diversification.With MF, you may get higher yield for same area, but you may find resale opportunities and price growth more limited as you need to find an investor buyer.MF will have higher maintenance cost, as these properties have more kitchen and bathrooms where maintenance occur, also, if there are common areas, you may need to hire someone to take care of them.Financing for MF can be easier: if the price per unit is low, buying several units in one go allows you to borrow an amount large enough to better cover the fixed costs of mortgage.

It's very common for an appraisal and an assessment to legitimately yield different numbers.

The key to higher yields is the velocity of money, getting paid off in 45 days will smoke your calculator computing your annualized yield, your return.

Artificially low interest rates have boosted the values of all income producing assets and properties (across all industries) while investors accept lower and lower returns due to the extended availability of cheap, cheap money.