The technology really has expanded over the past several years....take advantage of it. 

Yeah, I have received several quotes. 

If you can't put them on separate meters, I've seen several BP posts where the landlord charged the tenants a "utility fee" each month to recoup the cost. 

The training to become a land surveyor seems fairly minimal and surveys cost at least several hundred dollars for a few hours work.

I have started my real estate education by listening to BiggerPockets podcast, reading posted articles, and I have purchased and started reading  several of the BiggerPockets real estate books.

. - I use several of the list filtering options EXCEPT for the tax distressed option, because I've found that particular item isn't reliable in all areas).When I need to get a delinquent tax list specifically, I always get it directly from the county.

@Bryce Nerland Greetings,Not exactly what you were looking for but a few with similar topics:https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2016/05/05/sense-pay-properties/https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/04/08/buy-several-cheap-or-a-few-pricier-houses-investors-analysis/https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/09/10/cash-purchases-real-estate/Hope this helps.

First off - I'm total noob so trying to learn a lot.I'm looking to buy a condo or townhouse which I plan on keeping long term as a rental property.From looking at Zillow I noticed that there are some large-ish neighborhoods where there are few to no properties for rent, and others where there are several properties for rent in a condensed area.All things being equal, is it better to avoid areas where there's a high concentration of rental properties?

Several hours later she contacted me to pay rent...

While working in commercial lending, I saw several investors holding large multifamily/commercial buildings in LLCs.