@Jake Berlin- thanks ...I would recommend getting a loan approval  started  using a hypotehtical purchase price and loan amt ...This will allow you to get  organized/ educated and  prepared  and many of your questions will be  answered - good luck

Data is something that I love educating investors on because it's a vital part of their business to understand the intricacies. 

Today We’re Talkin:- The Weekly 3 - News, Data and Education.- Fed Comments by Jerome Powell- A Skeptical Look: The Chevron Decision Could be a Big F*$%*%g Deal!

Here's how I do my due diligence:1) Portfolio matching: (takes 30 seconds per deal)a) Have an educated opinion on where I think we are in the real estate cycles (financial and physical market cycles)b) Then and only then do I pick the strategies, capital stack, and specialized asset subclasses that make sense for that opinion.

@Alex McGhee -- Below may help you get started:Stage 1: Educate Yourself on the Probate ProcessStep 1: Spend 1 Hour Reading about the Probate Process in Your Stateo If property does not go into a Trust then it goes to the Probate processo Google your state’s probate process and educate yourselfStep 2: Practice Explaining the Process to SomeoneStage 2: Get the Probate ListStep 1: Find Location of Probate Records at the County Courthouse or Town/City HallStep 2: Search for the Probate listings on the Computer, Day Book, or filesStep 3: If your courthouse has a computer system Record Volume and Page Numbers in ExcelStep 4: Pull Volume & Page for more Detailed Information.

If nothing else it's an education and starting block for your journey. 

I'v been self educating for several months now and am ready to get the ball rolling.

Hello, my name is Lalania and I'm fairly new to Real Estate/Investment so I'm currently educating myself. 

My wife and I are educating ourselves and working on our investment strategy to help her retire from nursing and spend more time with our kiddos. 

I am fully educated on what's public online/and how to access that easily, and I'm looking around for subscription/pay options that offer more "actual raw data" (on deeds, history, leins and public records) than the county sites, basically.Research--for anything I identify as potentially interesting.