In sharing this, my motivation is not to compare this investment opportunity to any other ... it is to:Give new folks an unambiguous stick in the sand to calibrate opportunities they run across.To encourage all of us, when discussing numbers, to use precise language.

You can get far more accurate with that if you do some additional calibration and take your time.This is just one example of hte output.

Checkout Homestyler which is a free web app for creating basic floor plan designs.https://www.homestyler.com/floorplan/I recently tried MagicPlan Iphone App, but didn't have any luck getting the app to calibrate properly for taking room measurements, so just measured with a good old fashioned measuring tape.

If you're in nyc for the long haul think about your own personal residence situation and how you're calibrated there.   

That helps everybody calibrate their advice to the next person.

I'm on the West Coast, so my personal ROI calibration is likely out of whack :)Are you considering exiting the Michigan market to move elsewhere?

I suggest that mainly as a calibration tool for any landlord so that we can understand why and how we are making our decisions. 

$500.00 gone.Folks, you need to calibrate your BS Meters, get off the internet, I don't know of an industry that has more scams running and predatory dealers than real estate, in a local survey a few years ago around here, the professionalism of used car dealers was rated higher than Realtors/Landlords.

Paul is right...if your goal is to calibrate your spend for ad campaigns focus 90+% of your effort on the list you use and know what you are trying to get.

Turns out this is expected, and the fix is to reprogram it as it does some kind of re-calibration cycle.