He answered every question I had, and gave me the tools I needed to follow up on leads efficiently.

I wouldn't use it as the final arbiter but it's a free, convenient and useful tool.

Be sure to check out the Analyze menu above if you haven't already - excellent tools there such asInvestment CalculatorsDeal Analysis ForumBest of luck!

I want REI as a retirement tool, and possibly an extra money source to be able to do things with my family and provide better for them.

BiggerPockets just released it's investment tools, I would use those to determine whether a deal is worth the look.

My US house is a perfect tool for learning how to invest.

But i agree with Ali, leverage is a tool that should be used, especially when starting out.

I'm not trying to promote their loans, their estimate tools are just easy to use.

@Tara BrodersenGood Luck, I don't have any great advice as I have not yet put my toe in the multi-family as I cannot find any that makes sense yet :)I will say that loop-net, is one of my favorite persuing tools :)

Lots of help on BP doing yellow letter or post card campaigns.There's tools and services that scrape Craigslist for FSBO/motivated seller ads that you can filter for location.