As far as I know, MLS access is only for dues paying licensed members, so unless you get licensed and pay probably $1000 or more a year, you won't be able to get direct access....and you'll also pay for some additional headaches. 

@Kermaury Musgrove no first-time story, but some education:)Every market is unique, but the Midwest markets have a lot of similarities and are way different than the market in California.In Metro Detroit, we rank all the suburban cities and the City of Detroit Neighborhoods as Class A, B, C & D.Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.So, when investing in areas they don’t really know, investors should research the different property Class submarkets.

General information as an agent that I follow applies to rentals as well. 1.

If you're familiar with land lording in the "nicer suburbs" pretty much the same tenant/landlord laws apply.

If you're seeing more price points that are higher than the norm typically it means that either the market is shifting gradually up or that there's multiple people involved in that deal "chain" before it gets to you and everyone is adding their markup.My advice would be to attend a few local meetups to brush shoulders with other investors to pick their brain about whats working in your market AND to start marketing direct to sellers instead of trying to get the deals from wholesalers. 

But life took a different direction, and I left after only a couple month and rented the place back out.

So if I setup an LLC, setup a self directed 401k, transfer money from traditional IRA into the 401k, use that to take out a 401k loan of $50k, how does that work with crossing streams and tax conflicts? 

@Juliet Banks  I am sure the same would apply if you were looking for attorneys in other markets.....perhaps that should be a red flag.

No there isn't a direct comp but there is a way to figure it. 

Hi is there away to direct message you, is the messaging feature?