@Michael Wagner yes, that’s what I hear from syndicators - “we stay in secondary and tertiary markets and our target area is 3-5 mi radius”.

It becomes a math game after that. 

I bought this place and rented out the other rooms while building this secondary dwelling in the basement.

I bought this place and rented out the other rooms while building this secondary dwelling in the basement.

I was able to get this house as a secondary property, I do stay there quite frequently whenever I come into town, but I thought that I would put a couple of tenants in there because of the amount of space and I wanted to cash flow a little bit.

I love math and problem solving     - I have a master's degree in Business Analytics, so I'm a huge math nerd.

From the pure math perspective regarding updates for a rental: What is the ROI on these improvements? 

@Carmichael Lewis I don't follow the math. 

I second Matt, despite having nearly 7 years of post secondary education, a real estate license has provided me the most direct and flexible path to earning income. 

When they see your property priced what maybe a couple hundred+ over comparables they have to read the property description to see that there are benefits included and do the math to see if it's a good deal.