It can be a great list building tool, and the reps can give you good advice on how to go about targeting specific market niches.When I first started and didn't have access to Costar I compiled lists of businesses using Hoover's, Google, etc. that had some relation to my own personal or professional background.

Following is a compilation of data I came up with by using city-data.com.Pittsburg, Richmond, Hayward, Concord and San Leandro seem to be viable options for cities with median price ratio below $500,000, with Pittsburg offering highest rent/price ratio and no rent control.

I'm looking to compile a list of possible topics to cover at a local networking meet up.

I'm licensed so i compiled the list from a tax/property info database available to us in Texas, so i can save from buying list on listsource. the list is all absentee owners, 3/2, 1970-2000, no recent mls records, price range from 80k to 200k. 

I listened to the audio books and found it really easy to listen to, and it had a wealth of compiled information.Hopefully you have read Robert Kiyosaki's almighty Rich Dad Poor Dad. 

Compiled it up myself sitting in the city office so I know it was a good list. 

I know that there is a lot more involved with this whole process and I have been compiling a list of things I need to do.

@DuBeaux Dingle I would start compiling a list of multifamily properties you would be interested in listing.

When you have compiled them..listen to/read as much of each of their content as possible. 5) Which one runs their business and have the success level you want to achieve?

My advice to you is to prepare a financing package where you have already compiled everything they may ask for to qualify you including the information about your property, the rehab, market rents for the neighborhood, etc.