The best of course is looking for it yourself, but I just closed on two properties sight unseen with a trusted real estate agent in the Cleveland area, so knowing a reputable realtor is important. 

But then, so is gold and silver.But do you really want to be in the group of far-sighted individuals who find out where the landmines are the hard way?

My very ambitious goals for myself is to buy at least 2 properties a year for now, and eventually do sight unseen investing. 

Again if it fits your criteria you use the same principles.

Some sponsors follow that same principle, others might shift that burden to their investors. 

This would entail a 30yr loan allocating all property CF (except for money going towards contingency fund) and $1k/mo to savings 2) Lower property CF and put all saved money into reducing remaining principle.

For flips you need to have your team up and running with your rehab numbers sighted in as the margins right now for flips are not as large as their were in previous years.

The land contract has a principle amount owed of $1.5mil.

When looking at the trailing expenses, you add back in the trailing property tax expense, then subtract out the expected new property tax expense (under the principle that the taxes will adjust after the sale to reflect a higher assessed valuation).  

Because I lost sight of the little victories.Brandon (@Brandon Turner) and David (@David Greene) often speak of simply making a decision.