I tried attending one in my local market a couple of times but felt like I was in some hotel ballroom being pitched on how the 12 year-old kid up in front would teach us all how to run to the back of the room to swipe $10K on our AMEX for the secrets of real estate investing.

But it goes to show everyone reading this that marketed projected returns are often the primary metric many investors look at.  

Youve asked is there a resource for finding market rents?

Purchase price: $73,000 Cash invested: $25,000 Current market rent $1295 vs $1300 for Section 8.

Until the lease ends and then the legal notice time in your market has passed.

Goal would be to acquire 20 rentals by the age of retirement, with some already starting to be paid off.I am in the same boat as you, and I focus on safe appreciation all day (small cash flow for safety and then focused on markets on that appreciate). 

Prior to viewing with clients, I am usually have an idea of the general area, vacany rates, market rents, and property types that suitable for LTR.

In general I have unfortunately never gotten much return on any social media marketing. 

Thank you Lauren,  Yes, Pad split is already in this market so I think Im good.   

I’m not familiar with those markets, but I would suggest finding some meetups and attending as many as you can.