Learn about their executive team and drill down to discover if that team is really their team or just a padded menu board of “strategic advisors” or consultants that aren’t fully involved in the day to day operation of the business. 

@Jordan Campbell 1.to notify people when replying type the @ symbol then the first few letters of the person's name and select them from the drop down menu (@Mindy Jensen I have seen this confusion many times with newer posters)2.

If you want to change what the expense is keyed as, you can just click on it and a drop down menu will pop up, where you can select what kind of expense it is.  

As well as the fact that you may end up in probate court at any time.I'd therefore recommend you take the next couple of steps ASAP. 1) Find a lender who specializes in dealing with investors in your area (probably by asking on these forums because they're unlikely to be found at your local bank), 2) Order 'The book on flipping houses' from the menu above, and 3) If you haven't done so already, work through 'The beginner's guide to real estate...'.

It's hard to say, as I'm still new and looking to gain traction, but at the moment I frankly feel a bit ripped-off, as it seems these guys aren't making enough hundreds of thousands of dollars annually doing deals- they need to add a coaching cash cow to their menu while preaching about the importance of being "go-givers".

You will find helpful investment calculators for rental properties under the Tools section on the website menu. 

When you go to Redfin.com, on the home page in the upper right hand corner there is a drop down menu titled "Tools".

Using menu to the right of forum pages, select "Real Estate Tools", and then take "Find House Values & Comps".http://www.biggerpockets.com/house-value-comps.htmlAnd read these links:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/67/topics/13467-how-to-determine-arv-http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/67/topics/17098-where-to-get-solid-arv-numbers-http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/93/topics/27406-figuring-arvhttp://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/56935-arv-and-the-hard-money-lenderhttp://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/176/blog_posts/4963-understanding-after-repair-value-arv-http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/56113-what-s-the-max-you-will-pay-per-sqft-http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/33089-determining-actual-real-value-http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/38128-how-accurate-is-zillow-http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/16/topics/43779-positively-knowing-the-arv-of-an-reo

Select your State, select the County you want, then below county, use the pulldown menu to select Investor.That search will show you every property.To bid on them, you need a HUD authorized real estate Brokerage.

Those alerts can also be seen if you mouse over the "Inbox" on the upper right menu bar and scroll down.