Not sure if this means the house was rented previously or not, meaning that since we purchased the house we have yet to receive any payments.We tried calling "our" Pm company several times, as well as email but the person rarely replies.

Just download the Excel file from there. 

While prices of investment properties should be based off of the actual rents received, or arguably the market rents expected, you will notice that properties with fewer units will be based more on comps than cap rates or rent multipliers.

They must pay income tax as they earn or receive income during the year.Estimated taxes – If the amount of income tax withheld from a taxpayer’s salary or pension is not enough, or if the taxpayer receives income such as interest, dividends, alimony, self-employment income, capital gains, prizes and awards, they may have to make estimated tax payments.Self-employment tax – This is a Social Security and Medicare tax.

I received a letter from them for possibly lending on projects.I would rather trust the judgement of the Experienced Investors on this site.Any help would be appreciated.    

We've been utilizing biggerpockets' tools and have built our own excel spreadsheet to quickly analyze data-dump from mls reports. 

.**  My understanding through the professionals I have engaged, is that since i was 1) not a named beneficiary on the account, but received the account through the estate, and 2) have to take the distribution of the entire balance by the end of this year (5 years since my mother's passing) I have no ability to roll the account into another tax sheltered IRA, self directed or otherwise.

They will happily put together an Excel list of pre-forclosures, or divorces, or high equity, low equity, owned for 10+ years, etc.Shouldn't be too hard to squeeze out of them.

Each property receives mail every 3 weeks.

Do you know if I need to receive a mortgage from a bank in my area, or do I need a pre-approval letter from a bank near Indianapolis?