He ran a used appliance store and I asked him about it.

I found it fundamentally frustrating that when I found a potential investment, I'd then have to go to one website to get rent rates, then go to another to get property taxes, then go to another to get mortgage payment info, then punch all that information in to some spreadsheet instead of just having that information right there and then.After putting up with this for a while as a new investor, I decided enough is enough and I went ahead and created an app called IRES that not only allows you to search for properties and list them; the results also give you the following:Estimated Rent1% ruleCap RateRent/CostCOC (cash on cash)DSCR (debt service coverage ratio)NOIP&IInsuranceProperty TaxesHOA FeesHere is a screenshot of what you'd see:So with all that said, you can download the FREE version for Android here (Still working on the paid version):https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?

The neighborhood I am looking at is more transitional and is centered near a few exciting major projects, A new park being built out of nearby quarry, a bike trail and transit network extension, and a couple of new breweries and restaurants.

He's been a great paying, long-term tenant who was never late and even offered to pay 1 month in advance before he went upstate; not to mention, everything is costing more, either due to price gouging, not being able to find things on sale and having to resort to buying whatever is on the shelves, or the manufacturers themselves having to charge more to the stores simply due to higher cost of production with people getting sick and the employers having to pay other workers over time, etc. 

Asking how to avoid paying taxes is similar to a hardware store asking.

Purchase the Beginner Books at store: How to Invest in Real Estate, Set for Life, The House Hacking Strategy 5.

I have read countless books including a few out of the bigger pockets store, and the classics like think and grow rich, and rich dad poor dad.

Successful locations that I return to generally have other interesting things: located on a small farm, have a creek or pond, near a beach, trails for walking/mountain biking. 

But their large anchor stores are the ones refusing to pay and or only paing a small percentage .

I signed docs w/ a notary in-person at the Wells Fargo bank and then walked to UPS store 1 mile away, waited in a long line keeping 6 feet away from everyone, and finally walked back home up a giant hill.