Fingers crossed.

Now in my neighborhood, if a child at the bus stop had a gun, and an adult knew about it, the adult would call 911 and report it, and let the Patrol Officers end the situation for the safety of others, vs breaking the lease and moving away.The Police will end it, and when it's done they will be holding that gun--as evidence.Does she have no Cellular Phone--to let the fingers do the walking--911(???)

Fingers crossed on the low ball offer!

And it is a sleepy little town that I don't expect to be great for AirBnBs or even a house rental, so I am crossing my fingers that competing bidders will be in the low single digits.  

Sorry to hear about the tree...fingers crossed it will be taken care of by the owner.

You might find it helpful to start connecting with agents in the area to see which agents also flip or buy and hold their own properties, as they are great resources and have a finger on the pulse of the hard money lenders and other investor opportunities...even to the point that they may be willing to co-invest with you as you get started.Best of luck as you move forward!

Here are a few sites that may help you out but honestly, I also call my PM or another local PM company since they have their finger on the pulse of rental rates. rentometer.comrentrange.compadmapper.comrentdigs.com (i've not used this yet as I just found this one)I use realtor, zillow, and trulia for various things as they each bring their own value when pulling up property information.

I am in the process of closing on a 2 unit rental (fingers crossed!). 

Finger crossed on that anyway.George, this is not the best area.

If you put $45k down and pay $500 per month negative cash flow --- you are not going to be too excited about your real estate venture in 6 months...You won't feed any better if your negative cash flow was $300 per month.After doing all kinds of rentals for 50+ years in Northern Calif, I realized long ago that negative cash flow and "crossing my fingers" hoping for appreciation was not good foundation for my planned real estate empire.Well, like you, because cash flow was most important to me an most newbie investors, I had to have a plan.  50 years later, and 250 rental homes, at my high mark, I will tell you what I did and why it worked..I buy groups of homes on a single parcel, usually 5 or more.