I prefer that to having the agent walk around and show me every detail. 

Note: If you go to the same meeting each month, you can do detail tracking for a month, and can use same detail to estimate expense for rest of the year.( If nothing changed)2) Meals when traveling away from home - 50% is deductible unless the meal is provided to the general public (like Open houses) than it is 100% deductible.

If you want more detail after using the county website ask the home owner to give you a tour or have a great real estate agent that can provide off market data to you.

You should start with a general idea of price point and strategy, which should get you narrowed down a bit, then you'll want to look at job and population growth (City-Data.com) and get a feel for each of the markets, once you have selected a market you can go a bit deeper into sub-markets and unique details of the market as a whole.

Send me a PM and we can talk details if you’re still in need.

@Nimster Win Would urge you to never disclose your private details on the Internet.The restaurant/cafe industry has one of the highest failure rates of any industry.

Some more details about the property:Duplex with illegal basement unit - I can expand each unit into basement and attic to raise rents significantlyPrice: $310k, ARV 580k.

There are more details but I tried to summarize to make it an easier read.

This is not meant to be biased, but you will find it surprisingly hard to discuss fine project details and give important direction over cell phone with someone whose English is not good.

There is a meetup that @Charlie MacPherson runs, he'll jump in and give you details.