I think my agent is pretty knowledgeable, but of course I don't have anyone to compare her to, so who knows?

BOTH homes have one main level and one basement level.Why would I try to compare a 3 bed 2 bath and try to comp it against a 5 bed 3 bath?

Evaluate the potential cash flow of other deals that come your way and compare it to the cash flow you're making now. 

You should compare any real estate deal's cash on cash ROI to whatever cash flow you would lose from that business. 

Conventional with or without hard as a supplement will depend on your cash position compared to the deals you find. 

This guarantees a faster and more certain decision compared to our competition.

I'm hoping that you can develop an understanding of different questions to ask and what things to compare in different markets.

I'd run the numbers and compare them to your short and long term goes.Calculate how much rent you could increase over the next 5-10 years, same with inflation.What's your ROI now vs in 5 years with how much maintenance and other misc purchases you'll have to make.

He may just do it for half the price if you ask him that compared to the other two bids.Win, win.

That's not such a straight forward item as one would think because there is so many different aspects to ones real estate dealings.