You can go to the county Geographic Information System (GIS) or tax assessor websites, depending on size and sophistication of county, and you may find free tools available to search sales by neighborhood or zip code or price range and dates.

That is what I do with my SD IRA, I also am a managing partner of a fund which invests in notes and allows sophisticated and accredited investors to make double digit returns in a passive position.

And all of this will yield first hand experience and perspective in our market so that when we do move towards property management, we will be able to have a much more sophisticated discussion about our needs and expectations due to the fact that we have done it ourselves. 

I own 3 types of business, merchandising (buy and sell), construction, and startup repacking, I have 6 accounts, 1 main account and 1 payroll account for each business.

E.g. if payroll is in $1100-1300 range but T12 claims it to be $500, use the number from the range.Hope that helpsNick

A spreadsheet doesn't offer the ability to see who is making or editing entries so it's high risk for fraud and computing payroll taxes is a freaking nightmare. 

What I didn't calculate was that, in between funding rounds our team sometimes doesn't get payroll for 2 months or so until investment dollars hit the bank.

Returns are attractive and you can think of these depending on the approach as being big, sophisticated flips over a 3-5 year period.  

I mentioned in another thread, but investing in a hot market like Toronto, is possible, but requires more sophistication by the investor.

There will typically be a full marketing package with financial actuals and pro-forma that brokers will send you on request.For smaller deals you're typically working with less sophisticated sellers and may get a rent roll, but I don't usually expect a full P&L report (nor do I trust the ones I do get) before I get into due diligence.