Just some tips i wanted to share hopefully they help you out. 1.driving is alot easier if you have someone in the car with you 2.Get out and knock on the door when you find a property you like & leave your contact information 3.record the details of the property what it looked like why you picked it stuff like that.Good luck my dude !

You take your assessed rental income (via either in-place lease or rental addendum to an appraisal), knock off 5% for vacancy.

Do you have it in writing from them that in your specific case, making a $10k extra principal-only payment will knock out the PMI?

Not knocking how anyone does things just adding my 2 cents.

We found this off Craigslist, and got the owner to knock off a whopping $500.

We found this off Craigslist, and got the owner to knock off a whopping $500.How did you finance this deal?

It took me 4 or 5 months of knocking on the doors of people who were going to foreclosure to find a deal.

Did he not knock first or did he unlock the door and walk in?

I'm not going to knock your education, but I think the questions you are asking are very valid.They are so valid that I feel that SJSU should be teaching their graduates this sort of information. 

When I am in the market for something, I will drive those neighborhoods and knock on doors or drop flyers.