However, I just received notice today from my current screening agency (landlord2landlord.com) that I will no longer be able to pull credit reports with out having someone from their office come out to do an "on-site inspection" of my "property management office" to ensure that if it is in a residential location, it is secure and separate from my living area.As you can imagine, I do not have an entire (locked) room of my house devoted solely to managing my (one) rental unit (although I am of course careful with storing confidential information, as any responsible landlord would be).

My name is Shane Sanders from National Data Research Inc.

Careful planning is highly recommended when identifying like-kind replacement properties to ensure the Investor can take advantage of this short-term income tax planning opportunity should his 1031 exchange fail.

I would ask questions like a data miner.

Those things are all over the place and don't seem to correlate at all with actual value.Also, I would heavily weight any calculation I did with the remaining data to strongly favor the comps you get from the real estate agent.

Zillow compiles their data from several different sources, and it is not always the most accurate data.In reference to a good beginning offer, that will depend on your exit strategy.

:D ) can help ensure that you don't get in over your head.3) What if the area I'm interested in, while I believe it will continue to appreciate, won't cash flow 1%?

Do any of you use a database program or XL spreadsheet type of thing to keep all your data straight?

Take the emotion out of it, and trust your numbers and the data you have to support your decision and that will help to reduce your risk and hopefully set your mind at ease as you do your first deal.

also - when you run an income and expense analysis of a property - if it's an apt complex or multi-family or even a SFH rental - and has been for a few years - getting all those numbers should be a contingency or part of a binder - allowing you access to the sellers income and expense data for the past 2 to 3 years...of course, being an investor yourself - you've got to remember the number one rule for investing (for us anyway) - DON'T TRUST THE SELLER.