It helps to have traveled the country a great deal as I have to have a basic feel for different submarkets, but Google street view can tell me a lot.I won't plug my site because I don't think BP will let me, but I will tell you that there are a lot of tools, many that you have already mentioned, that can supplement or speed up the processing time for viewing the massive amount of investment opportunities that are out there.  

Don't expect to make a habit of it for the GC.

We are insurance adjusters and travel all over the state, which leaves a lot of time for listening to BP podcasts and learning. 

When he had shown me the upstairs on my tour he discussed that this is where the other roommates rooms were and that one guy travels a lot an is never there and the others were nice working professionals. 

You will receive an Addict award along with a habit; as well as learning and retaining useful real estate information without struggling.We are considered to be the average of the 5 people we spend the most time with so connect with REIA meetings, accountability partners, and mastermind groups to engage with individuals interested in real estate investing.At the bottom of this page is a list with help in it.

I'm about an hour away in Lynchburg but travel to Roanoke often.

We have included detailed SoWs and cost estimates for necessary repairs with {low} REO offers - sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.I have tried to articulate how I might approach this situation based upon my experience - so much of the early analysis / fact finding is habit, that I find it difficult to capture in words in a forum post ... or, maybe, I'm subconsciously too lazy to type that much.  

I'm in Texas by the way and travel all over Texas for work, so bonus points if you are a Texas investor!

We're already seeing a lot of flooding as it is, I know nobody has a crystal ball, but when would Miami start getting to the point of not being habitable anymore?

You sound like you want to acquire more than one property and  you will soon be busy with many things and the habits you form now will carry forward.