an online bank will make sure the entire 60k is there when you need it and should give you 1.8% I believe Ally bank also has a no penalty 11 month CD which pays a bit more, the money just has to stay in there for a week for you to be able to close the entire account whenever you want. 

Did lot of research online but seems like all the information I gathered so far leads to a dead end.

Ask her to help you look at a couple properties online and run them thru a financial model.

For this unit, I purchased from Lowes online, used my military discount, and set up the delivery right to the property.

All of the "best places to live" lists and articles online aren't the perfect fit because they often heavily weigh the local employment market, a factor that will be of little relevance to me when I eventually make this jump.

EDIT: just noticed you posted a link to the analysis. :)

--> NEWB MISTAKE - I Meant to say "looking for" rather than soliciting, but it looks like post titles cant be edited :-( <--I’m an absolutely n00b to the world of REI, I happen to have found my way to biggerpockets thanks to the interwebs and would love your advice.Here’s what I’m considering investing in - A SFH 3+, 2+ bath in the N Austin,TX area.

After about a year I implemented the program tenant cloud which reduced the calls to almost zero because my tenants can now pay online, sign their lease on line and submit maintenance request online.  

I can find classified military manuals online, information about nearly any topic in a few seconds, I've been using the internet for 20 years, I'm pretty good at it.

Also talked with Quick Books online today for bookkeeping software...