Hi Ariq,First off all as an investor, I'd recommend you'll do some market analysis, and choose the best location for investment.You can find the best property in a sinking location while average properties in a better location would have yielded greater returns.We at algoreit.com have started creating public tools for market analysis.Also we are now publishing our exciting key findings of our extensive real estate market research: blog.algoreit.comHope you'll find it helping.Wish you good luck in your investing.

CBRE and other commercial real estate brokerages also publish data on GRMs for large multifamily in different cities.

Again, lots of good info.3rd- Purchase and read/listen to books published by BP.

@Brandon Turner - dude - did I not suggest yesterday that we record a video for my next blog post - just sitting around and talking - BP reality show - you always take my ideas and pass them off as yours on BP and publish a book and make all that money...damn itIt was MY idea - let's do it

We drove all around middle-TN knocking on doors of newly published foreclosures/pre foreclosures (not sure if I have the lingo down?).

If you don't want to ask, you can find this info in the zoning codes that your local city publishes.

I don't like the idea of balloons; it sets up an artificial date that a huge amount has to be called due and payable and the person may not be in a financial position to pay it off by then.If the person was able to refinance at some point in the future, that would be great for them. 

Most custodians will require an ammortization schedule be supplied and that a loan servicer be retained to keep track of the principal & interest payments, which are made payable directly to the IRA.

All transfers of the deed or note is supposed to be published in the county records.

., take notes, publish minutes, treat owners as owners not as employees (although they may be that as well).Accountants for the REI biz, generally see them as 6 of one, half a dozen of the other.