As a local team lead focused on investment real estate, we often start by analyzing comparable properties and historical data to get a baseline for expenses.

In an on the market podcast I listened to recently they talked about underrated cities and mentioned population growth as one of the metrics used gage whether it was a good investment. Where Would you even find this d...

Unless you can get bids for the work and cost analyze the difference between the work required and the actual bills I wouldn’t go spending thousands of dollars to separate the utilities apart unless that’s the gold standard of your area and besides saving you money is going to increase the value of your property.

BiggerPockets also has a calculator you can use to analyze deals and I highly recommend you start this as soon as possible, even if you are not ready to buy.

@Wayne LeeI don't know the Cincinnati market specifically, but if you're not finding anything that cash flows... you're probably analyzing it correctly. 

Once identified, we quickly analyzed the potential and moved forward with negotiations.

Analyzing doing a new Storage location development.

What software should I take advantage of that will help me analyze deals, comps, market research, etc. 

You should be analyzing properties from Zillow to learn values & rents, to see what works. 

It takes you through the whole process, including specific details on how to analyze a deal.Avoiding Rookie Errors as a Left Field Investor by @Steve S..