My advice is that it is going to take longer than you think and be harder than you expect.

You may find something there.You can also go to the etsy website and search for any type of spreadsheet you would like.

One more tip – people remember stories that trigger their emotions.

Now, that meetup is in South County, on the MO side, but brings in folks from Belleville, Fairview, Collinsville, Cahokia, and all over the St Louis area.Now, there is a monthly GRID meetup in Edwardsville that brings in folks from the metro-east, as well.Generally, going to any real estate meetups in the St Louis area will find you someone who also invests in Belleville.I also invest in Cahokia, John.

Keep doing what you are doing and start going to real estate investor meetups in your area every month.

The funny thing is when I go to my house in Florida I see the exact same thing. 

When you do that, you can get better pricing and leaves less room for error.The best advice is to push forward as quick as possible, fail forward, and always continue to introspect on what you would do differently and then ACTUALLY go back and implement that change (easier to say than do).

welcome. go to as much networking events as you can and mingle. there are great posts on this forum which you can learn on many different topics. the podcasts are great. if i can help in anyway, reach out

There are no tools or anything automated to tell you what is going in the various municipalities.

I wasn't planning on going this big for my first investment but the deal, location and potential to value add was too good to not go for it.Thank you!