Hi Everyone, I am David Logan, a Software Engineer from Auckland, New Zealand and I am currently looking into what REI is all about however I have no background in Real Estate nor does anyone in my family.

Hi Tony, A few things that I would consider when evaluating a market:Population TrendsJob TrendsJob DiversityWho are the top employers in the marketAre companies moving into market/leaving marketNew construction startsWhat are the top industries/Is the market dominated by oneHope this helps!

I can get phone records of the subject, their friends and family, employers, address history, land lines, cell phones, judgements for 2 dollars a search and then full blow background checks for tenant screening for 12 dollars. 

I do mine as buy and hold and I noticed you said "flip", so your terms may be a bit different.Hope that helps and good luck!

The 6 adults should all have back ground checks done on them.

My backgrounds are in economics, accounting (CPA candidate), product design, & engineering — I know, quite a lot but I’m a lifelong learner.

While the 1% rule seems to dominate our market pricing, many of our turnkey assets do much better. 

A lot of people jump into Real Estate investing with little background research and end up losing money.

So it may seem counterintuitive, but we do a lot of complicated stuff in the background to make it simple and easy for the user working in Excel's foreground.And of course there is the issue of reliability.

I went to real estate school when I was 18 but never got licensed , so I do have some background in RE.