Will join our local REIA as well to begin networking.I have a great job and want to continue to work full time and use REal Estate as a supplement and to build wealth for the future through buy and hold rentals.I would like to start to model  scenarios to get practice working the numbers- what source would you suggest I use to get a starting point for estimated rents in a specific area?

For me the course along with some other supplemental books has been very much worth the price, and I has helped me to have confidence reaching out to brokers, PMs, etc to start searching for a deal.  

My mentors have advised me to either, take out the the washer/dryer hook-ups (cap off) or put in coin-op laundry, protections against countless liability reasons, i.e. laundry business etc...So, after the applicant, now tenant, signed the lease agreement and the supplemental renters addendum, which clearly states in section 'J' subsection '1', "no personal laundry units shall be installed and or otherwise used by any tenant at any time{....}, landlord reserves the right to discontinue laundry access at anytime for any reason."

I do not believe in supplementing my tenants rent by being below average and see no reason why any landlord would.

The decision you need to make is based on whether you want to be a landlord long distance, take the normal risks associated with the business and most importantly can you afford to supplement your tenants rent if the cash flow is negative.

He keeps the master with the master bath and rents out the other rooms to supplement his SSI income.

We are only in business to make money not provide affordable housing or supplement tenants rents.

However, today I received a supplement list from my tenants, and it states all bedrooms have "Lots of marks, dents, and holes & scratches on all walls".

Some will not raise the rents of good tenants preferring to supplement their rent in the belief keeping them is preferred over charging full market rent with the risk they will move.

Stay under market if you have a undesirable property otherwise why would you supplement your tenants rent.