In my home state of ohio, these auctions come with clean title and they include all leins and morgages in the starting price so i figured it was the same for florida.first property i am a defendant on, the second im not because the foreclosure process started before my purchase date so im not entitled to the lien.

If you and your team can provide these services, you become invaluable to investors.Alternatively, if an investor works with a residential realtor, they will have to supply all the services and resources that the realtor does not provide.Even the information an investor needs is not available from the only resource a realtor can provide, which is an MLS data sheet.

But even at “only” $1,300 with a dozen properties I feel like I’m hiring someone to enter data I think I could figure out but I’m afraid I’d mess up.

Hi Mike,For comparable rents, you can look at what properties are rented for through websites like BP rent estimator, rentometer, Zillow, rent cafe and apartments.com.For general data, websites like the FRED and Rocket Homes will provide insights.

Fewer data points, less reliable data. 

HiMy name is Chen Avnery, I am new to real estate investments in general and am focused on Columbus.I have over 15 years of experience in software engineering, specializing in data and AI. 

I'm in the process of splitting the utilities in my first house but having issues getting electrical Parts but should be coming soon .should I wait for the utilities to be split in my first house before I buy my second property?

Would you pay for a subscription model say $1000 a month where you got access to knowledgeable investor agent who had zero stake on if the transaction closed but provided you with local knowledge, strategies, ran comps, looked over deals, even looked over home inspection reports, talked in the phone, basically a consultant (you could possibly tack on services like writing offers or seeing a property in person) my thought is if you buy a property relatively quickly, it’s much cheaper than paying 2.5% even if you end up paying for the service for a few month’s and realize it’s not a good time for you to buy you are only out a few thousand dollars as opposed to hundreds of thousands of dollars, this would basically take the agent’s need to sell you a home out the process, presumably there motivation would be to keep you subscripted for as long as possible but you could easily just cancel and if you were interested in buying later resubscribe than.

As long as you're making a good faith effort toward getting vendors out, getting estimates and keeping the tenant updated they just have to wait on your process. 

@Joseph ODonovanYes, in PA you can simply state your property is not Section 8 approved or that you do not want to go through the process.