Connect with other members too esp in your target area, Chicago IL to learn from their success stories and experiences and possible partnership.

Connect with other members too esp in your target area to learn from their success stories and experiences and possible partnership.

I am looking for the best tools/reports to identify a target market in my price range (up to 150K all in for a SFR).

My guess is the culprits drive around and target properties with FOR SALE/FOR RENT signs on the outside. 

Create some targets and go after them hard and soon, so you stay sharp.

“Speakers” arrive to a fake name, my address, and turn out to be a poorly packaged pound of weed in a bag, stuffed in a box.

If you purchase that same property with a 25% down payment and a 4% interest 30 year mortgage, your ROI will increase to 17% because by leveraging your money, you're able to spend a significantly lower amount of money to acquire the property, but that $25,000 investment performs better than your $100,000 investment.With this information, if you were to purchase four $100,000 properties, each with the same criteria as the previous example 25% down payment example, your total average ROI is still 17%, but your monthly cash flow has now increased from $833 with a 10% ROI from a single property, to $1432 from four properties with the 17% ROI.When I say you're going to pay to get that, what I mean is that you're going to pay a premium to reach those cash flow targets.

If you buy an undervalued asset, do the rehab, and refi to get your money out, you'd want to be all-in at 75% of the appraisal value as a target.

That may start to change, but I wouldn't count on it.What kind of properties are you targeting? 

I'd recommend targeting a property that needs cosmetic work and obtaining FHA or a low down-payment Conventional loan option.As far as running numbers and making sure the deal makes sense, connecting with a local investor-friendly Realtor will be a huge boost.