Maintenance I tend to see estimated at $3,000/year, but.

One of the key reasons real estate is such an effective investment is its ability to use leverage.Real estate makes you money in the following ways:1) Equity capture on your purchase.2) Rental profits3) Principal paydown4) Appreciation5) Tax benefitsAs it is, condos/townhomes typically don't tend to appreciate anywhere near what SFHs do.

Working as a wholesaler, I have a good idea of what neighborhoods tend to be better than others.

From what I can gather there's not a lot of inventory that comes on the market and when it does it tends to go fairly fast if it's decent.  

Jay the reason is as expansion happens these corporate restaurants tend to run out of capital.So they franchise off to keep growing.

I also like that it is such a big market, a lot easier to find your own niche where there isn't a ton of competition.In both cities I tend to focus on the east side, so hit me up if you are looking at deals to the east.

The cold water coming out of air handler otherwise tends to invite mold and get dirty within a few months, especially if your condensate pipe run to the outside is a long one.The three things are in effect your preventative maintenance on a well installed AC system

Overall people tend to list a high price then come down.  

I'd like to say I'm a specialist but the well over $40M in volume tends to infer otherwise.  3.  

Lower than that price and you tend to get more long-term renters than buyers.