Also, there is really good money to be made in creating and commodifying your internet presence with an REI educational angle.  

I think it will work OK for small multis although it's geared towards SFRsThere are numbers you'll need to plug in which you can mostly get from internet research (property taxes, insurance estimate, rents, vacancy rates) local to your area.The best thing for me was to practice that analysis well before I was ready to pull the trigger on anything.  

I have bought rentals from builders, other investors, HUD foreclosures, straight MLS, PM leads, internet searches, turnkey providers, and so much more. 

Landlords don't typically pay for their Tenants' Cooking Gas, Internet, Cable TV, Landline-Phone, Cell-Phone, Electricity, Heating Oil or Gas....

Basically, the tenants just pick up the phone and call the first joker they find (or, even worse, one of the companies with big yellowbook or internet pages).

I am internet-tarded.

Nor do they rely on internet to get their deals done.Assigning a contract is legal in most of this country.

This model clearly has many complications but think its not outside the realm of possibility considering the trend of online social connectedness and the way the internet is helping to dis-intermediate traditional business (i.e.

Its an easy 6k bill now a days.If you dont have the experience and know how its very difficult to estimate repairs costs.However if you do some serious due diligence and look stuff up on the internet i believe you can get close to the proper repair price.If you have a friend or family member that does the work by all means abuse them and get their opinions.Here is a trick you might try.Call sears for your hvac needs (they use subcontractors for all thier work ) their price will be hands down about 50% more than a normal contractor will do the work for.

This is how I go about finding the owners address just do a simple tax records search in your local area on the internet.