I guess you havent been to the grocery store in the last couple years , filled up your gas tank , paid your insurance , or bought a car  ? 

I generally advise my clients to skip properties that are near main street traffic or commercial buildings/stores.

It's like the Zillow Estimates... it just aggregates the data from across the board, which is a good start, but it won't account for nuance and detail (e.g. a corner property selling for a 5% premium compared to non-corner).

Finally over the last couple of years I was able to turn the corner and was finally ready to take the plunge, but living in Southern California meant I needed to get over the Out of State investing hurdle. 

Click the magnifying glass in the upper-right corner, enter your criteria, then narrow the focus down by blog, forum, or other categories.To be honest, the search feature in BP is lacking basic functionality.

@Chris Jordison Check out the bigger pockets book store.

You can click on the magnifying glass in the upper corner to research answers given the last 50 times. 

If you want to brush up on PML, I suggest you check out my book Lend to Live: Earn Hassle-free, Passive Income in Real Estate with Private Money Lending available on the BiggerPockets book store.

Make a folder to store relevant documents per property.

In beds and sofas.If your exterminator is doing his job, he will probably take the bed apart, checking in mattress seams and in corners of the bed frames.