I found a few that I liked and Melissa was able to help me quickly identify which ones were best for me and proceed with the purchasing process.

Are you purchasing as investment? 

Quote from @Dennis McNeely: In a sandwich lease option, the investor exercises their option with the property owner to purchase the property when the tenant-buyer indicates they're ready to exercise their option and purchases the property.

If you are looking to just calculate profitability, set how much profit you want to make then:ARV - Purchase Costs - Holding Costs - Selling Costs - Desired Profit - Rehab Budget (including contingency) = Maximum Allowable OfferIF you cannot calculate those numbers, a spreadsheet isn't going to help you. 

I think if you just attend any group, you'll find investors that purchase remote and local and you'll be able to learn.

Most get cornered into purchasing specific property types because its what their resources allow.

Most of our loans are fully amortized and those that aren't, are 10 year balloons where we'll have more than 50% equity (at the purchase price) upon loan maturity in 2030+. 

Purchase price: $65,000 Hybrid Fix & Flip, bought, made minor repairs and clean out.

Purchase price: $232,500 Cash invested: $45,000 Beautiful fully renovated Shore Acres 2/1.This house really stands out on the block with the new bright paint scheme!

I'm looking at purchasing a small multi-family rental property in the Allentown or Philadelphia area, and I plan to use the BRRRR strategy.I'm struggling with the best way to analyze potential properties to ensure a solid ARV and would love any advice on effective tools or methods you use.