I like to take a "guided tour" approach to investing so you can see the entire forest, not just trees.Continued success,Marco Santarelli

I will usually coordinate a tour with my buyer and meet the team at a property that I have for sale or a current rehab project from another buyer.I work with a lot of long distance buyer's or new investor's and they appreciate the "full service" that I provide for them.

But there are legitimate private lending groups that are providing badly needed private and hard money loans to European investors and others who are unable to get bank loans.

You may tour some of the rentals in your area to know exactly what the standard is.

Just about every time a prospective tenant tours the house, they always comment that its so clean and doesn't feel like a rental.

I joined the rehabber tour by acre.

However, I have been to a property tour in Antioch (wasn't that impressed so I haven't been back).Sacramento has some well-attended REI club meetings, and I'm sure there's some in the Bay Area as well.

I will be touring this property and the one next door with the seller on March 2 (the seller owns both and is from out of the area.)

You even see a map of the immediate area and the comparable rents.You can always Google map or better yet Google Earth the location in question to get a virtual tour of the neighborhood.

@Darryl Smith They have a bus tour this Saturday.