@Andrew ElmasriBelow market rents - get the rent roll from the broker/seller and compare it to rentometer.com and your study of the market rent for that property and locationOvergrown or not maintained landscaping - easy to spotDeferred maintenance on the exterior facade - easy to spotNo online presence or marketing (word of mouth or signage only) - google search for the property...see if vacant (or not vacant) units are marketed (usually on hotpads, trulia, zillow, web site, and many other sites where landlords market.  

I currently work a full time job in IT, take night classes 8 hours a week, and do web development on the side (which will hopefully wrap up in the next month or two).

yeah i agree with stephen l, you don't need a lawyer to file for LLC here in the red stick, i had to send $100 filing fee to have paperwork registered with sec of state web address to file online is sos.la.gov just type it just like that, i also had my bank file for my EIN when i applied for a line of credit application just have to talk to your local bank that you deal with real nice and they will work with you, the 1 i deal with is capital 1!

Hi Blair, I feel your pain there is nothing out there on the web with efficient quad designs.However I have 3 newer 4 plexes that I want to use the design from, but adding a bedroom and bath. 

Does anyone know of a web site that shows what rentals rates and other stats on homes and multi family for area of a city or region?

USA Today , New York Times, local newspaper, local real estate agent, local business magazines and a few national real estate websites

I can see a ton on the web, but don't know if there is something that generally stands out in the real estate community as a cut above. 

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I don't have any experience with them.however since they are CA based and did not post a CA BRE license number or CFL or NMLS I suspect they do not lend on 1 to 4 units as those require those above licenses if your in CA.Also I am always a little curious about those that say they lend from 20k to 20 million LOL.. no one can make a dime on a 20k loan... so thats curious.Lastly and this is just a personal pet peeve I just don't care for companies that don't list their principals and a small bio on their web page so you can look into the owners on google and make sure they are upstanding citizens.. again maybe its a marketing thing and maybe I am all wet but thats my preference I want to see who the principals are... they should be proud to put themselves up there ( again my pet peeve LOL)Just don't sent any up front money..

Or do you believe there is enough information on the web to build a reliable template?