Lower recorded sales prices, leading to lower appraisals; less buyer affordability at the lower income side of home ownership; different methods leading to more difficult price comparisons; and an avalanche of additional paperwork, associated costs, and LESS not more transparency.  

If I can buy 2 or 3 for a few years, I should be able to multiply faster.

One thing that helped me break out of analysis paralysis: start with the 70% rule but add your specific market rent multiplier.

The last purchase was several years ago also on the northside and bought 5% down which has multiplied the downpayment many times over in total return.

Smart locks such as Schlage Encode are definitely more expensive than keypad non smart locks, and when you multiply that by 20 locks it adds up.   

Over 10–15 years, your cash flow doesn’t just grow, it multiplies.3.

Now multiply that by 2 units.

@Fola OdunladeFola, great question—both time and money matter, but early on I’d argue time is the bigger multiplier.

Real estate may be the foundation, but operations are the multiplier.

For estimating payments, a simple interest-only calculator works by multiplying the drawn balance by the rate and divide by 12.