So they pick off a bunch of non equity homes  ( like what is going to happen in todays market  with many starting out that just want to land a deal and own doors.so they do about 35 of these over the course of 18 months  average delta is 200 to 300 a month and of course the drip income folks think Hey no money down and most of these were the no money or very little down variety since they had no real equity.

The assessment evaluates the home’s energy efficiency, and conducts analysis to asses the potential savings for a variety of improvements.Cost Effective Test for Newly Constructed HomesFor newly constructed homes, the improvements are cost effective when they exceed the standards set by the most recent International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) that has been adopted by HUD for new construction properties.

I'm sure it depends on a variety of things like your local area, the lender you choose, and the practices of each individual appraiser you may encounter.

I am not yet convinced that they are accurate since I was told in separate email "Rentometer collects rental listing data and rent data from a variety of sources including: bulk syndicated data, our proprietary rental data survey, and user generated input and listings of rental data". 

You should have a variety of revolving credit and preferably a long history.

I've noticed the forums provide a wealth of knowledge from individuals investing in a wide variety of strategies and feel this is the best place to start.

There are a variety of ways to borrow money, but banks often won't allow you to use borrowed money to purchase real estate.

There's a variety of ways to get a deal in front of you (I'm mostly a flipper), but basically if it looks promising, I run custom comps queries and check the current & past $/sf of renovated/distressed product in that city or zipcode.Here's a chart on 90066 I generated from my tool under Market Stats > Sales Data > Specific Zip Code:- My above chart (more available) shows the Avg Renovated $/sf (High) over time in this Zip Code, something completely different than charts/providers based on Averages/Medians only, like every other platform (RedFin Below, https://www.redfin.com/news/data-center/):- Can't select smaller locations such as City or Zipcode for their $/sf data, so it's useless helping me underwrite/verify a deal.- Can set Zip Code for Median Sale Price data, but again it's the median/avg so it's useless helping me underwrite/verify a deal.Then if that looks decent, I'll run Sales Comps, and get a quick summary of some key metrics based on those comps.

Zerohedge dot com has a lot of variety on the writers and investors and the economy.

Self-managing a rental property can lead to a variety of issues for inexperienced landlords, especially if they reside in a different state then the rental property.