Minus the occassional achy pain in my neck, but I have been told I will likely have that forever or at least a very long time.

After searching forever I pull down a road (a dirt one that seems to be mostly undeveloped) with two houses on it.

Using the typical sales comparison approach to analyze a "3 bedroom 2 bath", forever home you know, where one creates a CMA based on what similar comparables have sold for to determine what it's worth, is a world away from analyzing the exact same investment property across the street, both for the very different buyers and the real estate professional involved.Take cash-on-cash return.

HOpe this helps you.ALSO please do not fall for all the scammers on BP who hit you with 5 % rates and quick approvals and just need you to send them 500.00 to get started any up front money from anyone who hits you on line or is advertising is 99% of the time pump and dump due diligence schemes.. and or those that promise to align you with the 2,000 private investors in their data base.. also pipe dreams.I think one exercise you could do is to check out these three companies.Lendinghome in SF  they have a great matrix on line and you can see how cheap a guy like me can borrow and how expensive it will be for a new comer.Lendingone in FLA is legit and local Lima also legit.Cogo from what I see makes deals but its arguous process  I only know this because some of my vendors used them for take out and it took forever.. and it was quite expensive. 

But if you hold forever then that's not an issue ) It is getting more and more difficult to find higher-yielding properties because there is a lot of competition.

Phone sales take a day short of forever to get done, so I guess I'd recommend doing an HD account.... but what I really would like to see you do is fire this joker and hire someone who runs a decent enough business that he's not putting you in this ridiculous situation!

A war zone house could take forever to sell.

@Kitty JedraYou CAN buy real estate in your self directed IRA, self directed ROTH Ira would be even better, and if you qualify for a Solo 401K that could also be either traditional or Roth and in all of those choices you can buy real estate, either tax deferred or tax free forever!

That's the plan, because I won't be living there forever, so I still need to look at what it could potentially bring in, ya know.

You can always make more money but Time is gone forever.....Hope my brain dump here helped someone understand it's about the investment in you....