A good site to use if you want to do your own is redfin.com When you run a search, filter the criteria and on the right side of the page it will list all the properties that match that, at the bottom of that list is an option to "download all" and you can export the file to a excel document and run a comp analysis

My advice to you, is to find your niche, and to master and excel at it.

Other than locally available data, we like to get absentee owner lists from Listsource (I show you how in this video) and we use postcards rather than letters as we can hit almost 2x the people with postcards.YellowLetters.com has some super nice postcards that will cost less than your cost for letters and will save you time as well.Hope that helps - best wishes!

PNC secured card is excellent start, put $250 - $500 on and DONT use the card. in 3 - 6 months apply for cap 1 card.additionally figure out if you belong to any credit union, they will accept a letter of explanation in regards to the BK and give a lot more credit than the big banks / card companies.With the knowledge i have from working at a large bank I have helped a couple family and friends go from a bk to a very high 700 score in two years so if you have any other questions pm me.I am not claiming to be an expert but have gone through this twice with people very close to me and they are both in incredible credit standings now.Regards,rob

There are even entire Excel workbooks posted in the FilePlace, which have been submitted by BP experts like J Scott and others.  

Each unit has a system for the tenets to control the heating.Good call on calling and confirming with Excel on energy costs.

I have been subscribed to bigger pockets podcast for a few months and have read their excellent e book.

Excellent article and well deserved exposure in Entrepreneur magazine.

The beautiful thing about real estate is its lets creative people excel.

Excellent job with both.