one way is to pic niche (foreclosure, rehab, assign, buy and hold, etc) most start out with birddog which give you he chance to see what's a good deal is/isn't.

Let us know how it goes (and show some pics too!)

Would you have any pics or a link to them you might be able to share?

He sent a couple pics of the shingle layers, but nothing of the redecking.

Why not do a scan of the property as part of the contract?

Then I probably spend 1 hour a month scanning receipts and tracking expenses.

I still use Postlets craiglist coding I just have to upload the pics manually now.

State RE Commissions examine files closed in Brokerages, they also go to closing companies, I believe holding periods are seven years on site, files are thinned out and contracts and HUD-1, title and other docs are sent to repositories by companies, they use to micro-fiche docs, I'm sure someone scans them now, the history of transactions is not hard to discover.

Louis (I know, I know)$35k all in, will rent for $750bought all cash, hard to finance something like thatDeal #2:25 SFRs in the same area, built around 1940-1950 (sample pic below)mostly 3/1, 900-1,200SF, expected rents around $550-700total cost $640k (about $26k per house)came with 80% note, 25yrs., 6%, $3,200 monthly paymentmonthly gross rents currently are about $14k, with 5 vacancies, so total potential monthly gross rent is about $16-17kThere are many on BP who warn against buying rentals in marginal areas (75% of my tenants are S8) but also some who think it's a good opportunity (see Lisa Phillips' excellent post on War Zones).I used to live in St.

Pics look great.