I can only point them to tools they can use online to check for school ratings and crime stats and decide themselves.

OR subscribe to something like Costar (which is very expensive) or I think there are some CRM hybrid property databases out there.

Many people are still wondering whether or not real estate is one of the best investment strategies for long-term wealth building. Is investing in homes still a smart investment for the average individual? Is a home s...

@Lindsey Orr welcome to BP it's a great resource to investors like yourself. you are able to download both contracts here on BP by going into your tools tab then going to file place there you may search for the contract you desire.

I want to only get properties that are within a certain radius of my cities center, Bloomington, IN, and am having a hard time doing so with the tools on listsource.

Also do the same from 2005 to 2011 in the same city, what were the features that contribute home sale price during the Great Recession.One can step one step further using stock analysis tools to under stand demand and supply, multiple offers to predict when the home prices will max out.

once you have that, everything you've ever needed will become available.In order to truly be successful, you need all the tools at your disposal.Jason Lewis

I believe RDU could have improved by setting one clear, conservative expectation that applied to all properties.RDU’s systems & tools have consistently fallen short of meeting my needs.

However- it expanded how/what we can expense all at once...which is why cost segregation (separating out some of the property from 27.5 year) is such a powerful tool. 

@Mike Bowling check out the tools on the BP website (after you have signed in) Great tool for this, regarding an excell spreadsheet, you’d have to go into the files section of BP.