Pick properties that need medium to minor work at first then work yourself up to larger and potentially more profitable ones.

So depending on the size of the organization and staffing will determine your response time.. 

And you cannot rely on what they tell you at the counter.. they just say whats possible.you have to determine if this is a administrative action.. or does it go to the planning commission ( ie get political)

This will help you determine whether these are the right markets for you and establish local connections at the same time!

I liked that DealCheck automatically determines rental estimate and calculates a cap rate based on assumptions I provided...and it normally gets relatively close to the cap rate I get when using my Excel sheets and formula.

I would still like to learn moreabout the process of hiring a builder, to better determine the cost of that, and learn the numbers on what I could rent/sell for out there. 

The property was vacant until just a few weeks before I purchased it so we had very little to go on to determine what utility costs might be and of course we underestimated... such is life.

There are multiple factors that determine the success of a direct mail campaign besides the quality of the list.

Try to have your personal debt under control, have a good credit score and understand you will need some cash and reserves the amount will be determine by your market.. .

Many time you will never be allowed to inspect the interior of these properties so you will have no accurate way of determining overall costs.