It is hard to beat the appreciation, cashflow, tax benefit and the hedge it provides against inflation. 

but they don't provide current rent, value, what they have capital wise, etc. 

I provided gel bait, then exterminator.

Does it still provide effective results?

When work needs to be done, we require the tenant to provide access.

I manage the program for one so I wanted to provide good questions to ask.

Where to get the most recent and accurate data for things like:Unemployment dataPopulation growthJob diversity and top employers in the areaVacancy rates (eg huduser.org)Property taxes and jnsurance costsI saw bp pro and reventure and a bunch of other websites provide some of this data, but i wonder how accurate and recent it is.

(Even went beyond the second page of Google.)I have an investor who wants to partner on a deal by providing a loan for the down payment.

Inconsistent Cash FlowUnlike traditional jobs, real estate doesn’t provide steady paychecks.

However, we have a higher end market so it always struck me as strange that we'd only provide such a small amount since it doesn't cost that much more to provide more.