You will naturally find a bad apple but its my preferred lead generation source I use that is outside of handwritten note cards, direct mail and referrals.

Of course, there are good and bad apples in every profession.  

Your best bet is to get a full scope of work from a pro and then have several contractors bid off of that scope so you get an apples to apples bid.Inspector, pro bidder, consultant, project manager, etc.

@Megan Roche I'm going to Barnes and Noble today to pick up Rich Dad Poor Dad.

If you sell, do it because you want to, not because you aren't making as much money as your friends claim they are making on their STR (you're comparing apples and oranges).

@Alan Crookham you may need to expand your search of comparable sales and make sure you are comparing apples to apples.

FYI places like Barnes, etc usually will have exposed metals, in my experience, not that bad.  

I found a list of basic questions and added on some here and there so I can compare apples to apples for the banks. 

I prefer leasing, as it costs about 2/3 of the payment of purchasing the same car (always get monthly numbers based on ZERO down so you're comparing apples to apples), most people don't keep a car longer than 6 years (I know I don't, and you break even/come out ahead of leasing at about the 8 year mark if you purchase), and I love the fact that you never pay repair costs or have reliability concerns. 

If we base the purchase price on total income it would be twice as high.The true beauty of buying apartments is that the income after paying expenses determines value.It’s all about the numbers.Took me a few tries to get to this point...you laid it out perfectly in this post...the hard part is finding cap rate comps since all the recently sold properties do not have T12s and rent roll information that you can use to compare apples to apples....any suggestions on how to estimate appropriate cap rates?