Stay on for 2-3 months to gather the rent rate data, in which can be used to compile statistic for rent rate. 

Do you use a software program or are you digging various websites and compiling longhand?

Please see the below list I've compiled of things to consider and let me know any advice you'd like to offer:- Title company- Inspection/Appraisal- C.L.U.E. report- Contract contingencies on sale/seller covered closing feesLastly, will a good title company cover my bases as far as handling the transaction and contracting, or should I hire an attorney?

@Jordan LagrassaThe majority of the info you're looking for can be found here, which was so graciously compiled by @Steve Babiakhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/41/topics/689...Happy reading!

Hello everyone,My husband and I are compiling an investors buyers list for the Dallas/Ft.

These are not to be confused with short term market influencers that, while they do have effect, they don’t necessarily sway the course of the cycle in the long term, some examples of market influencers are: interest rates, foreign investment and legislative amendments.Following this are two case studies of historic examples of cycle transitions in Canada, Toronto ’89 Boom-Slump and Calgary ’97 Slump-Recovery-Boom in which they demonstrate the key drivers collectively moving in relation to average MLS price at the time.I’ve been working to compile the data in my home market (Toronto), it’s a little tricky to find exactly the info I need and one should be proficient with excel to get the graphs that are shown in the books but It’s a compelling methodology.Attached is the key drivers scorecard which has the list of the 16 drivers and their expected movements year over year in each phase.Anyways, hope that is interesting for some of you, would love to hear your thoughts!

These are awkward for most parties involved, and could cause problems if the seller is a talker and says the wrong things.Imagine the best scenario, you hire a home inspector (a standard practice in normal real estate transactions) to come in and compile a 65 page photo-filled report talking about the condition of the property and listing every loose door knob, evidence of rot, etc.

Last week I send out a first round of yellow letters to a list I build of Pre-Foreclosures I compiled from RealtyTrac.Today I am actually getting a few calls (which has been great) but two people, who apparently have a very good LTV equity ration told me that they are going through a shortsale, so I would have to talk to their realtor if I wanted to get inline.I was under the understanding that a shortsale was when people were actually underwater... how someone who has a higher equity than what they owe will go through a shortsale?

I went to the rentometer.com website, which compiles numbers from recent listings of rental ads.  

He's not in a $1M neighborhood obviously, he's in the 200k neighborhood, so that is where you compile your list from.