I have read books and attended seminars and worked for credit agencies that ran title searches, so I am not completely clueless.

If it happens to be in my search area I can set up a search for you. 

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Otherwise I can always consult the Land Register for my province but each search costs 1$, which can add up quickly.

The more I learn the more I want to actually get started so is it worth it for me to learn what I can about San Antonio and start searching for deals there or is there a way I can complete deals in Melbourne?

A quick search of google using a term like "indianapolis turnkey investment properties" will get you quite a few good results.  

I found them both when doing google searches for multifamily.loan.Realatom.com seems like a startup right out the gate that wants users to pay a one time fee for people to get access to your loan requests. 

like a Google Docs is there an alternative to QuickBooks ?

The bottom line is if your house is vacant, keep searching for a tenant and tell this one that once she gets approved and gets her appointment with the local HA to call and you will let her know at that time if the property is still available at that time.

Im looking for any investor who might be neighborhood searching, checking out houses, checking on their own houses or doing anything at all related to the properties that you own that I might be able to tag along?