Read up on the fundamentals of property valuation, tenant management, and transaction analysis.Join in networking events or local real estate meetups.

Lowering your expenses while increasing income is the fundamental recipe for building wealth—and a HH can accomplish both in a single step!

Additionally apps are more accessible and faster because some people’s phones take too long to load web pages and they get impatient.

This is why job growth/fundamentals get talked about so often when choosing a market; put yourself where you have the most qualified applications possible for your home.With $100k down and assuming 20%-25% DP, you're looking at homes in the $350k-$450k range, with $400k probably being a break-even, at best.

I have a method that I'm formulating, but it is very data intensive (requiring web-scraping and statistical models), but a "good enough" solution could save me a lot of time.

The real answer is you go back to the fundamentals.

One thing that drives me insane when trying to work with a realtor - even after asking the same fundamental questions multiple times - is when a realtor sends me a link or a property listing and it does not have all the financial details I need to make a decision.It's not that hard!!!

However, when the fundamentals of the underwriting do not make sense, that is more a reflection of the team than the deal itself.

When you are building a legacy to pass down to your kids and grandkids, asset classes that take multiple forms is critical to longevity.If you were a long-term investor of Blockbuster stock at one time you would have felt like this would last forever but stick to the fundamentals and invest in tried and true methods for the long run.

Also, the web of entities that Glenn mentions is truthfully pointless.