@Danny Mansukhani  when I was first introduced to Charleston by one of the TV Guru's  ( god forbid) he nailed this market 5 years ago and thought it was the place to be.I was not so sure.. first home we did on the west side there was a leap of faith and we did not do that great on it.. but we sold it to Shep of Southern Charm fame..now 20 plus new builds later we have kind of pioneered the infill along with Luxury Simplified and a few other infill builders.. we have another 7 homes on the books for the rest of this year.but finding lots now that the cats out of the bag is become pretty tough..

Nuts and bolts simplified...Tax lien - sold by county, against property that has not paid taxes, if not paid back within specific time then tax lien holder can get ownership via tax deed.

M2M is the safest approach for a landlord to protect and simplify their life.  

Let's face it most landlords do not read MN statue they read nothing, or in some cases they read the attorney general's guidebook to landlord-tenant law, which is MN law simplified.

Not so focused on simplifying the "other" parts of the business and so far in my experience doesn't have a super impressive integration into any CRM you might use in the future (eg.

Checkout this diagram I put together intended to simplify understanding asset protection. 

If that is 20% or better, I am all over the deal.With that said, I really like J Scott 's way of calculation because it is so simplified, mine requires more math and digging, however, if you apply his to mine, they come out very close with his being slightly below my 20% return.For example, I had $850k into a deal that gave me a net of just over $200k.

Hey @Benny Gelbendorf ,I start with my home market (Minneapolis) Keep it simple, if you can't determine if your backyard is good/bad, identifying great/terrible neighborhoods then you can't conquer another neighborhood across the country.As for metrics, I go with yes/no to simplify rather than a 1-10 grading system.Are jobs coming to X market?

It has simplified my life!

If the software is not simplifying your life or making you more accurate, you shouldn't use it.Software does have extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.