Best way to screen and credit check tenants (favorite online tools?)

Some of my favorite books are The Book on Rental Property Investing and the ABCs of Real Estate Investing.

Hope the next deal will go through.Here are some of my favorite resources:PodcastsEpisode 108 - Grant Cardone...

The goals that I hope to achieve through real estate investing are: 1) to provide a cash flow stream for my mother as she gets older and requires assisted living or nursing home facilities, 2) provide a cash flow stream for my younger brother (who has Down's Syndrome) as he gets older and requires assisted living facilities and increased medical attention, and 3) provide a means of early retirement for me and my older brother.While listening to BP podcast #276 (my favorite) the other morning, I had that lightbulb moment of how to get started in real estate investing. 

Some of my favorite resources:If you haven’t already listened to the podcasts I’d start there.PodcastsEpisode 108 - Grant Cardone...

@Robb Witzel I just emailed you contact info for my favorite Atlanta money guy.

What does your favorite inspectors provide you that makes you like them so much.

Then I would fix & flip the property.So, There really are only two options I can think of. 1) Find an "off market" property that you can take "Subject To, on a "Wrap", or a "Land Contract" or a "Lease Option and proceed with either Fix & Flip or Buy & Hold or sell to a Tenant Buyer (my favorite).2) Find someone on the mainland that you can Joint Venture with in a market your finances can afford.Either way, you have to start somewhere.

My favorite thing is to build shelving into the walls - for example, our stairway to the basement has shelving for cleaning supplies, which we built into the stud space of the walls.

It's not my favorite PMA clause but far from the worst either.