Also, "The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Real Estate Investing" is an excellent tool.

I believe one of the absolute best ways to find deals is to network and use the tools that are already at your disposal.

@Michael Morris I'd recommend that you develop tools, books, or some type of download.  

Do you recommend any tools for this such as the BP calculator ?

Get a realtor or lawyer to present the contract and at settlement the lawyer will basically take the check minus the lien (send to the gas company) and the rest goes to the owner --- so if you pay 20k she'll end up with $3000A lien is a legal tool to retrieve money owed to someone so only way it gets removed is to pay it.

It's just the tool that helps owners to protect their investment in a common asset. 

Check under the analyze tab above for tools to help you evaluate the deal.

Then, using a tool I developed (Break-Even Calculator - see here for more information) I created the following table.

@Jon Holdman - I recently tried to PM Jaren but was unable to do so from within the messaging tool; perhaps the PM to moderators might only work in certain circumstances like using the message button next to a forum post of theirs.

Lots of fees and costs that nibble away at the bottom line: Utilities - a/c ran constantly at 70 degrees with doors wide open, running power tools, etc, so that added up to big utility bills.