I am fortunate to have a fantastic property manager for one property, and a superb contractor who basically manages the other property.Thank you again.

They now use their analytics to identify solid investment properties in multiple different markets and have local experts to help sift through properties and help investors find what they're looking for.  

I calculated my current rental property mortgage with 12% and it's in the red.John - I'd say my analytical skills, personal finance (another thing Doug was talking about earlier), prudence, determination

With all the resources on BP combined with the great wisdom's of many very experienced REI's here that "preach" and "do" very sound analytical investing if you over buy or under sell........ shame on youThe article... http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/07/26/t...   

For research and analytics some of the noteworthy ones; Reonomy, Compstak, Costar etc. 

That would be superb results - - classing direct mailing results are in the 1-3%, so expect1000 pieces with 10-30 return calls. 

Personally, I'm highly analytical and minimally emotional when it comes to money.

I've been a silent BP podcast listener and forum reader for the longest time - finally decided to pull the trigger when I qualified for a loan for my first SFR investment property earlier this week.I'm a 26-year old based out of Los Angeles, CA where I work as a full-time number-cruncher for a real estate private equity shop - really like the analytical side of commercial real estate and it pays for doing what I love a lot!

Have you performed your market research & analytics?  

We've got some things in common- currently two projects underway and although a sales background, I've done data analytics for one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies.