IIRC, perfect combo is bank card, major credit card, and when you can qualify, an Amex

To share some numbers on how many projects are being submitted with multiple units... see below data on the permit applications for City of San Diego, which is a combo of public data + our analysis on text fields describing the projects (to extract things like unit counts... it's directional, not perfect data).

It's not perfect - I have pine trees, so the needles still get through and the gutters still have to be cleaned occasionally - but it definitely helps a lot.

In addition to books, simply engaging the community in the landlording forums can provide you a wealth of info in this area, most of which is hands on (which most books lack).Vegas - You are in a perfect location (from my perspective) for landlording.

I stay far clear of holding these types of properties and am glad to pay a PM to do the "dirty work" for me, regardless of the additional cost and this is the perfect example to answer this common question of newbies: Should I buy a multi unit and live in one of them so that I can get a owner occupied loan rather than a NOO loan and also be able to avoid paying cap gains sinc eit is a personal residence?

I don't think there is a perfect answer but in general, most folks will quit as soon as the going gets tough.

I never liked apartments.com (their site is down as of this writing) and I hope they will leave COZY alone and not try to integrate.

Some of them have an integrated laser pointer, which shows you the center of the area it is measuring, but the total area will be a circle centered on that red dot. 

I'll know exactly how the model works and how it's integrated together, as opposed to just saying "oh, I downloaded this model from the internet and it looked good"...doesn't sound like I was being proactive or vigilant with my REI education if that's my answer to someone asking about my models lolYou're right in the sense that I don't want to have analysis paralysis.

@Benjamin Spiegel Montclair is a perfect example of a town where the calculators would say it's a terrible deal and you will never be at the 1 percent rule on a multi most likely, but the deals are still good because the appreciation and ARV is off the charts and isn't going to stop.