They do an inspection, look for potential costs with repairs and produce a final report.

Now I feel I can not trust the screening results.

“Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output.” - Milton FriedmanAgreed Russel. 

But from what I've observed (and I'm sure you've seen too), only a few new investors, who are more analytical in nature, do this.One of the issues that I've seen again and again is new investors putting together a "spreadsheet" based on their limited understanding, that produces inaccurate or misleading numbers.

I think you can probably search for anything and with the right key words get the results you're looking for.

Then when it aligns, start doing it.Books and videos are as good as the time they were produced, you're going to want to get a pulse on the actual beat of the floor. 

@Michelle Reid Both LTR and STR strategies are viable and currently producing good results in the current market, which isn't easy to find everywhere else.

You also tend to get more frequent and better feedback than with an STR, if you treat your residents well.The last quadrant, unnecessary but not obviously so, is usually as a result of either converting an STR to an MTR or from remodeling above the standard needed.

The property had a first mortgage, as well as a second mortgage, both from the same purchase money lender.After receiving the trustee’s deed and recording it, I discovered two “Independent Solar Energy Producer Contracts” recorded against the home.

And, past performance is no guarantee of future results.