Finally, use all these numbers, including purchase price, repairs, rental income, expenses, and sales price or cash out refi after X number of years (you can play with these parameters) and calculate IRR on the series (can use the excel function to do this) ... this is your total return, over the life of the investment, including ALL sources of profit.

Also, having the sheriff's deputy actually evict the tenant after you win the court hearing costs more money.  

We have excellent property management in place and offer a solid product.  

., for the excellent resources.

Furthermore, investors get excellent tax treatment that aren't possible in mutual funds, etc.  

We all need to be honest about our city and the way an investor should go about researching and investing here and the more data we can share...everyone wins.  

This is an excellent question.

He or she,  who steps up with the best price and terms to the seller.....hopefully wins.

No matter your approach, BP has a lot of useful information, tools and what not for you to excel!

I was wondering if starting a Property management company might be a good way to start.I am excellent with marketing and business in general, just a complete newb in RE.