Given your goals, Indy could be a great fit—affordable pricing, solid appreciation, and strong Section 8 demand with reliable property management options.

No AI, no software no gadget, no magic pocket list, no nothing.The only way to reliably and consistently get in touch with motivated sellers is for YOU to make it extremely easy for THEM to find YOU!

But success depends on choosing the right cities and building an experienced and reliable local team.

These methods include: Detailed Engineering Cost ApproachDetailed Engineering Cost Estimate ApproachSurvey or Letter ApproachResidual Estimation ApproachSampling or Modeling ApproachExperience or “Rule of Thumb” ApproachIt’s important to understand the differences between the approaches including which one best fits your property and the reliability of each approach.DETAILED ENGINEERING COST APPROACHThis approach compiles the costs from construction and accounting reports to build a report.

If anyone has a good starter spreadsheet or knows of a reliable website for deal analysis, I’d greatly appreciate your recommendations!

You will not get a large enough sample size to have reliable information.

I also found that if you pay people cash every day it spurs them to return more reliably. 

Those types of properties can bring in good returns, but the management can be intensive, and finding reliable tenants for both residential and commercial spaces might take some work.

It may take you 10 years to get there, real estate is slow, but it works reliably and it's not rocket science.Agreed Marcus.

But I’d say the key to success is building a reliable team on the ground.