When I'm looking into a property for investment (a rental), what are the factors I'm evaluating?

I know that I need to know purchase price, gross monthly income, I'll determing expenses per 50% rule, my loan payments...

6 Unit - 2 BR each

Rents are $450, $475 & 495.

Asking: Price is $149,000

Owner says the building is completely rehabbed:

New plumbing & water heaters

new separate electric

new furnaces

new windows

...

Has anyone built their own 4 plex or larger?
Our RE business is in a small town (8K people, surrounding area adds up to 10K). The apartments in my town are all owned by the same family and there's two low income apart...

Is anyone able to offer any advice on the above? I know that the returns may not be be as high as other areas of the US but if anyone could guide I would appreciate it.

As an example, looking at a duplex in Aurora ...

From the USDA Website:"Multi-Family Housing Direct LoansWhat does this program do?This program provides competitive financing for affordable multi-family rental housing for low-income, elderly, or disabled individuals...

Your goals and story: Looking to refinance to get a lower rate on rental property in Riverside, CA., but I keep running into a issue because of a high DTI ratio.
Type of property: It is a Single family home
Location...

As for now the numbers look pretty good. Gross Rents from using Airbnb and other sites are estimated around 50k a year. Even with  pretty high management fees the properties look like they will Cash flow pretty well. ...

There seem to be two kinds of modern era (1980+) housing inside the loop:1) mega complexes big enough to have on site management (these are the piles of apartments on top of parking garages that all look the same and ...

Hello BPers,

Please let me know your thoughts about the following deal:

East Indianapolis

$69,000

4 bed 1.5 bath. Tri-level(?) with the largest bedroom and a half bath in a daylight basemen...

Hi BP friends

So my uncle manages a bunch of properties in the DC area. He had introduced me to a potential great deal a few months back but already had an investor. Fast forward a few months and his investor ran i...