Next go to your city's public records however you can access it and find property values.

For info, title, foreclosure attorney / trustee depending on state, public records, etc.

For example, the arm of our business today offering the full services of a management company to just under 500 doors, utilizes online management software, owner/tenant portals, online tenant screening, advertising and applications, online PDF fillable leases, electronic signatures, walk through inspection apps, online maintenance coordination, lots of texting, etc.

Just bought a property in Brewerytown which will be a full gut conversion to a triplex.

At the end of the month (assuming you pay your interest in arrears) you'll be required to pay the interest on the full 100k, even if the 30k is sitting in escrow still.

Craigslist is full of spammers/scammers these days.

Just a bilateral agreement that specifies:The giver of the option, or optionorThe receiver of the option, or optioneeThe purchase priceThe term (start date and end date) that the agreement will be in effectThe consideration (typically a dollar amount) paid by the optionee to secure the right to buyPLUS whatever else your attorney thinks is necessary.Make the document recordable by your county clerk, get it signed (and possibly notarized), and then have it recorded on public record.The intent is to ensure that if he tries to sell to anyone else, a title search will find this agreement and trigger a title defect.

I went to inner city public schools and don't come from a lot of money.

If it matters, I am 39 and not a full-time investor. 

So we let buyers know a brand new garage is being constructed.Right after that we got a full price offer with a 2 week close because their home was selling and they were living out of a hotel.