HOWEVER all these numbers are (for the most part) just estimates I've quickly done.

And if there us one, it's gone really quick if we don't act quickly.

we did not pay anything.. keep in mind West coast and East coast title companies are so completely different.. we have a customer service department that is all digitized.. info is at their computer monitor and in their data base.. 

Went out of country quickly before signing the lease,I emailed the wife (don't know husbands contact info) and have not heard back from her yet.Problems:1) I need to get signed lease from them. 2) Rent for November is due Nov 1st.3) I have no keys to the house because right after the closing they paid October rent and went out of countryHow to get them to sign the lease?

Lastly where Real Estate was the headline the last couple of years we are now a footnote with merely a couple of paragraphs In the end I stand by my post from early in the week, high priced markets are going to struggle with slow listing growth and buyers revolt making Supply of inventory shoot past 5 months very quickly. 

A quick search turned up 10 Things I Wish My Broker Had Told Me for an article which seems good, "Your First Year in Real Estate" and "The Millionaire Real Estate Agent" and many other books, and I don't even want to get sucked into Youtube finding examples :)I've heard that new agents sometimes get assigned (or asked to volunteer) for "desk duty" to handle walk-ins.

It's just a super quick way to get a feel for how decent of a rental a property would make at a glance.

Any tips for quick analysis to zero in on ideal markets for a buy-and-hold strategy?

If you have the mindset that you are there to serve your tenant (customer), then you will be much more successful in my opinion (of course in business, sometimes you need to fire bad customers!)

Also check out build.com and overstock.com Build.com has great customer service and will try to beat Lowe’s or Home Depot on prices.