Freelancer.com or a similar website where you can post what you want done would be good for finding somebody to do this.The best method to get a good person to do this is to create a screen capture video where you record the screens and your voice as you walk through the county website and say which fields of information you need pulled into a spreadsheet/database.Not a simple process, but a big benefit is that I doubt others are doing this and that means little competition for you.

If so, doesn't this contradict the straight line method?

The product (providing affordable housing in the form of a mobile home) is not illegal in itself but the method of delivering this product (owner-financing the mobile home) is in question.

There wasn't much on ways of appraising, even though one of the practice tests was heavily testing methods of appraisal.For sure read through the vocab pack that you get.

If the intent is to build a reserve fund for maintenance/capex items, then another method of addressing this that a local investor shared with me recently is to set that money aside up front, and consider it part of your acquisition costs.

You will weed out the wannabees very very quick.So in the end any and all methods you can come up with are fine. nothing wrong CL.

So, at 8% you're already being compensated for the increased risk of the smaller down payment and this is the method of managing loan risk.

Our lease was tested in court once of twice.It is an old Carollton Sheets method and if works really well.....

See my reply in this other thread, very similar to what you are trying to do.http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/77245-best-method-of-renewing-leases

Hope this helps, Keanne Not sure if I like this method... takes 149 months over 12 years to start seeing your income.