, listening to podcasts, reading books, sometimes even going to "gurus" trying to make sure they have all of the tools ready to get started.

Again, this are just tools in your tool box.

What I bring to the table:- Stable income/employment history- Handy and technically minded- Great with excel and programming, should translate well to custom analysis tools and automation- Commitment and discipline to spend the next decade grinding and doing whatever (legally and ethically) it takes to be successful.Thank you for taking the time to read this, and thank you to everyone involved with bigger pockets for facilitating this community.  

As @Katie Stewart mentioned, the property management software programs like PropertyWare and AppFoilio have some great tools that will syndicate your listing out to dozens of rental sites, but it may be a bit pricey and overkill for just one property.

Turns out, my county auditor site has nifty data mining tools!

I was wondering if you use any tools/services to manage your fix and flip projects?

Depending on the equity that you have in the property, you may consider an LLC as an asset protection tool.

This will give you the knowledge experience and tools to getting started.

I’m looking for some tool/app that will help me to find how many properties were sold (plus the final sell price) of each state in a list type of top selling area and bottom selling area (within the state) is it exists?

It is a CRM.