Thank you so much for the tips, we're in escrow for a 2/1 that my husband is letting me "trial" MTR, with LTR as the backup option. 

I am only doing the 30 day trial, so I won't be able to squeeze in all the material offered in the site.

On the Remington side they went along for 20 some years doing this.. but only taking 5 to 10k.. and had good lawyers.. so too small of money to really litigate .. it was proven in court in the criminal trial that over the course of those 2 decades they arranged less than 12 loans. compared to thousands of 5 and 10k due diligence submissions by would be borrowers.One of their main targets was the newer developer.. you know you have this great idea or project but no experience and no real lender is going to loan to you..

All that is to say that it's about trial and error.

Then you’ll have a list of motivated landlords looking to rent that may consider selling instead.Message me if you have any questions or if you want to test out a free trial of PropStream

The truth is, you could read 100 books and still not know enough because certain things need to be learned through trial-and-error.

Here's the play-by-play so far:I have an equity partner that is providing all the financial resources while I act as the active investor for our partnership.After some trial and error I found a great agent and lender.Saturday I found a deal on the MLS and asked my agent to go after it.Tuesday I offered $275k on a SFR in Loveland, CO listed for $319.5k ($118/sqft)Wednesday we got a counter-offer for $316.5k with the selling agent kicking an additional $1k of his commission to us at closing = $315.5k actual price.Wednesday I immediately accepted the counter offer.Today reread the BP Book on Rental Properties chapter on Due Diligence (thanks @Brandon Turner!)

I'd recommend spending a few hours and demo out some of the free trials for the solutions that offer it, you won't ever go back to spreadsheets after using a solution designed for landlords.

At the trial, the tenant claimed the house was inhabitable due to damages thru out the house. 

Setting up marketing systems and doing the work is the diet and exercise protocol though in a world full of binge dieters.