Smart Move only does verification of rental properties.

That and the fact that the banks are far too smart to lend on a $40k POS ghetto house with lipstick slapped on that pig.

-I'm an advocate of using smart numbers, not country wide averages across areas that don't mean anything to the area you invest in. 

It would be smart to use  a contractor to establish your Rehab estimate.  

Well, running the numbers as if you aren't living there is smart to do, so the numbers above still hold. 3.8 is what I used.

I do consider myself a fairly smart individual...but I dont think my success in real estate investing is because of that, its merely because I bought properties and held them as prices continued to rise.

Honestly, I believe that within a few years this will be the norm due to technology.

Hopefully I find a healthy blend of both the analysis side and the real estate "street smarts" side.  

I saw this last time too where all these flips shows came out, seminars from educators were rampant, news stories were once again touting real estate as in vogue and a juggernaut that can't be stopped.I know agents right now buying cars,big houses, trips out the yang thinking (this is awesome).I am trying to make smart investments today and hold a certain liquidity position to take advantage of discounted assets in the future.There is talk that Trump's plan for reducing corporate taxes and road improvements might extend the cycle out 2 to 3 more years but nobody knows for sure.

I want my first buy to be SMART, hence the guidance.