I use excel and the county websites to easily lookup properties. 

Any website where I can do myself?

Considering saving up for a 20% down payment but wondering if there are faster or better ways.Guidance Needed: Financing options based on my situation.Strategy:Current Strategy: Buy and hold.Open to New Strategies: Yes, interested in fix-and-flip and short-term rentals, but I have no experience in these areas.Market:Market Selection: I want to invest locally in Houston.

Is there a website that I can get an estimate on the re-hab price of xyz location?

I’m trying to buy a house in Phoenix using a second home loan, putting 10% down.I'm trying to understand why anyone would choose the 2/1 buydown if you end up paying the same amount of money, whether you select the 2/1 buydown option or not.

(Looking for books, magazines, websites, job opportunities potentially, etc).

The more time and material required, the more risk, impacting the reliability of the system.There’s more that goes into which type of system to select and why but I hope I provided some useful information nonetheless.Best of luck!

To avoid going through the same poor experience, keep reading.Even if someone gives you a referral here, do NOT make the mistake of assuming that the PMC will meet your expectations, just because they met the expectations of the referral source.In our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

@Skip Rivera - Check out this from CA State Controller website, http://www.sco.ca.gov/ardtax_tcs_pubauction_bidder...Hope this helps some.

I should also mention that I have no insight on how guests were selected for that format or what was highlighted, just that in general things kind of just went off the rails and a reboot was probably warranted.