@Anthony Fecarotta - I invest in a small town and find that there often just isn't enough data for Zillow or Rent-O-Meter to provide any meaningful information. 

If you find out let me know ;)Wholesaling is technically possible without any upfront money, but in order to scale in any meaningful fashion you will have to put some money into marketing and leadgen.

If you have a property worth $200K and only owe $50K how do you extract the $100K without the deal looking like you are purposely stripping off the equity? 

It is not a meaningful number.

We typically are doing 20 year ams but for purpose of calculating cash on cash,  I use whatever amortization I am likely to get on that particular deal since cash on cash return is only meaningful in the context of what return I am actually getting. 

@Jason Ma The 1% rule is arbitrary and is not meaningful.

Getting meaningful detailed input on the drafting of a real estate partnership agreement with special allocation provisions is probably beyond what you can expect to find on BP.

^ I would be extract careful dealing with people from Africa since fraud and identity theft is high there.

They do not provide meaningful oversight or guidance with respect to tax code compliance.A checkbook IRA LLC is an enhancement on the above structure that is generally more time and cost efficient for investors with a more diverse portfolio.

Again, why would the tenant pay anything to fix the property owner's asset, that's the whole benefit of renting in the first place.If there is damage caused by the tenant, the landlord should STILL pay to fix promptly as it's their responsibility to maintain the property in good condition and then extract costs after-the-fact from the tenant through ancillary payment agreement or taken from security deposit.