I'd have to offer 20 to 30 percent under asking for most of the properties to work out for me.

I began by wanting 5 residential units so each of my children could have one and then there would be one for me to retire on.

For me, it's not worth the time to save just a few hundred dollars by leveraging these policies.

It provides more clarity for me as this is new and uncharted territory - especially how the repairs/draws take place seeing that this was a vacant fixer-upper and the lender in 1st lien has a rehab loan.

Mint did a decent job for me previously, and Credit Karma is less adequate. 

And you can look for Facebook groups (most markets have some form of Abilene Real Estate Investors group).  

Google spreadsheet for me

You can create an account and search the information for free but to download or print it you have to pay for it.

I would love to house hack but unfortunately live in Los Angeles, so house hacking is a bit out of reach for me at the moment. 

It seems too good to be truth for me.....