Hi Angela,Your tech background can help you evaluate the deals but I fear that you don't have a comprehensive plan of what you want to do with investment real estate.  

Start by formalizing a lease agreement, evaluating potential renovations to maximize rental income, and deciding on a rental strategy (short-term or long-term).

Start small, evaluate results, and adjust gradually.

Less commonly, I’ve seen investors prioritize the 70% rule when evaluating deals.With so many different benchmarks out there, I’m curious—what metrics do you personally prioritize when analyzing deals?

I own and invest in Birmingham and would be happy to connect to share insights and introduce you to contacts in my network.I also work for a local property management company that serves many out-of-state investors.If you come across any properties, I’d be happy to provide rental analysis reports based on comparable rentals to help you evaluate potential investments.Looking forward to connecting!

I can search it but same deal, the search engines don't evaluate the results.

Highly recommend you start getting sample contracts from other PMCs to evaluate what yours may be missing.Then, you may be able to renegoatiate the contract with your current PMC - or move to a better one.

@Jared Goldwasser Not necessarily a question for the agents but my thoughts on something you should be looking at when you evaluate properties.

Must have tools: you need some type of evaluation metric and/or tool that you are comfortable with and are willing to walk about from a deal if it doesn't meet your requirements.also, a deal is a term for a transaction, not to be confused with a "good deal".

Most times when evaluating a DSCR mortgage, market rent will come into play.