What resources or tools do you use and what numbers do you crunch?

@Corby Goade I would love to crunch my own numbers, but I just don't have the financial means to get the software necessary.

His reasons to pay off all of your debts, one at a time, are:1) Peace of mind and personal satisfaction2) You can't be guaranteed what your other investments will yield3) You can use a credit card for emergencies, rather than use your savings, which would make paying off the debts take longer4) You could realistically pay your mortgage off in 7-10 years and have more money to invest.5) Your other investments might not pay you when you need them to and you find yourself in a cash flow crunch and not able to make mortgage paymentsMy reasons for paying off all personal debts are:1) If you can buy and sell an investment house and make $30,000--why not just pay your mortgage off?

Lets have everyone crunch the numbers. 

Hi Michael, as @Bill Exeter said you have the option to search for replacement properties, and negotiate/make offers, as long as you close on the relinquished property first.I might recommend you learn about DSTs (Delaware Statutory Trusts) to simplify things or if you get into a time crunch.

Looking for an experienced developer to help me crunch numbers on a 6 unit half affordable housing half market rate rental unit in St.

Once you know your market and the type of property you want, then start crunching the numbers.

I would really value the opportunity to meet with real estate investors to get a first person perspective on the Southern California real estate market as well discuss investing strategies, if possible, perhaps I could use my financial background to assist in crunching numbers or interrogate data.

In my experience many people do what I would call uniformed analysis, in that they often don't know what they should be analyzing so they miss inputting critical information into their thinking, strategy, and number crunching.

Hey Sean,We started with the most recent census data and crunched the numbers and found cities that lined up with our criteria