When screening do not ever view a applicant as a person only facts and data.

Figuring out the trust document would be the first step to explore if you could sell the property. 

I am very data oriented, but also very busy in my day job, i feel that spending a few hundred dollars on a property to help develop a good number or show a bad deal early on then being stuck loosing thousands at the end of a deal. 

Does anyone have data that would possibly back up disprove my personal experience with my investors? 

Once you have the data reconciled, you can run financial statements that are useful to lenders, investors, and will help you manage overall business performance.

ALL future business analysis is based off assumptions (including budgets, etc) The data it produces is valid.

There are a lot of options, but I wouldn't know where to begin without knowing all the financial data and location of a specific deal.Also, if the seller is "motivated", why and how do you know they are motivated?

(Zillow Data) Things definitely heating up. 100% appreciation in boston in about 6 years.

That said, I’m not willing to lose my shirt on a bad deal just to learn so I think I need to continue exploring both paths: looking for personal deals and deals I could bring to the business (and which I could invest in).

While I acknowledge that economic strength is just one facet of a good rental market, it is a major factor and I wanted to share what I've found (the details of my methodology and raw data can be found after the various rankings):Top 10 best economiesProvo-Orem, UTSalt Lake City, UTCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SCChicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WIDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXKansas City, MO-KSLongview, TXLouisville/Jefferson County, KY-INSan Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CABirmingham-Hoover, ALThere were two main factors to overall economic strength that I looked at – how diverse/broad the economy is and how many economic drivers (i.e. strength) the area has.