Most REI's I've met are very generous people in terms of sharing their knowledge and contacts.In terms of the local market, there are websites that help you find good areas to invest in and you can get a simple analysis from Redfin like this: https://www.redfin.com/city/16661/MO/St-Louis/housing-marketBut, I think a lot of cities like mine probably have a ton of nuance in terms of everything that goes into understanding the local market street by street.

Hi, DavidThank you for all the educational stuff you share, I been listening to the bigger pockets podcast for a while and trying to share some knowledge to my 16 year old son but he thinks is boring with I can understand that at his age but there is some occasions  specially when you share sports analysis when you gets his attention, so can you please do a podcast focus on teenagers so I can listen with him when driving to school in the mornings ?

Thanks JorgeHi Jorge,It sounds like you're at an exciting stage in your investment journey!

I have found the properties on Zillow or from private sources, but have run the analysis on BiggerPockets and have double checked it against the "Find Deals" tool.

Mold grew due to flooding in house and has been confirmed by mold analysis companies. :( Should the work to remove the mold happen asap?

In the analysis phase and just taking all of the information in!

@Mann Phan When you went to buy you should have done an analysis of a few things; market for property value basis and market in general - rental market and viability of that - CAP-X, to assess exactly where everything in the structure is at, how much life left, and formulate what impactors are potential to come and how soon. 

There is also a forensic analysis showing fabricated dates on our contracts to re-allocate money to older projects.

This post gave me analysis paralysis so I shudder to think of the state you are actually in.

The market analysis indicated a strong opportunity for a profitable flip, making it an ideal investment for us and our partners, Julie Muse and Cody.