I've noticed some rentals pop up on zillow that were way way way higher than what I was seeing in cross reference, I'd suspect someone was trying to manipulate the local data, I only noticed it by luck and spend countless hours on various sites.

The Tenant now has the resolve to fall down the stairs and test exactly how strong your lease and insurance is when they claim the landlord's at fault, or disable the fire alarms claiming they haven't worked in months and you did nothing about it, regardless of what your lease says as to who is responsible for maintaining them, god forbid they start an 'accidental' fire and now your insurer is looking to you as to why the smoke alarm was disconnected not wanting to pay out; you may get some of your $ back out after countless court sessions, time wasted and $$$$ for your lawyers to justify it all for you and set it straight, completely cutting hard into whatever investment strategy you may have had. 4 - Just because you put it in a lease, review it with them, have them sign it, have them take a picture with it, get their DNA on it... does NOT make it legal.

It take about an hour, but that 1 hour saves countless others throughout their tenancy.  

The source may be free (BP) or the source may cost money (snap or Than or countless others), but the person seeking the knowledge must actually take the time to absorb, process and act on it.Happy Learning!

Over the last few months we have listened to/read countless podcasts and articles to gain a better understanding of real estate investing as a whole.  

I'm more interested in smaller scale tools that can provided value to the home gamers.

Drew Kessler I have called countless banks and have not had a single one have this option for a business.

I've had countless clients over the years ask me to assist them with transferring the property from their personal name into an LLC and the first questions I ask are:1) Is there a lender?

Many will say this cannot be done, but I have done this countless times.

Our LTV is less than 50% ( yes no risk at all for the bank, and we have top credit score.We already paid the appraisal, environment fee, wasted countless hours etc...The texts in LOI: Financial covenants:-- Min DCR based on actual rents for the first trust deed of 1.25:1.00 based on a 25 year amortization by the end of 2018.And in the loan doc---Property is to maintain a 1.25:1.00 Debt Service Coverage Ratio, tested annually.We would not have paid the fee and sign the LOI, had he included the phrase tested annually.Please understand that the loan  will be for 10 years long, and we are very confident that we will always have fund for the monthly mortgage payment.