With that said, I was wondering..What makes an area good to invest in and who/ what is a good resource to get that information?

I held this property for ten years and collected a decent amount of rent.

I feel the vertical blinds would collect a lot of dust, though.

Its another way to keep your overhead low but also when you get a listing under contract all you have to do is find a buyer and sell the contract off booom collect your deposit and move on.

If there are any other great resources to reach people, that would be amazing!

If I am the sum total of the 5 people I spend the most time with...I wanted Bigger Pockets Podcast Guests to be (collectively) one of those 5 people.

If you did, then I would include the missed interest payment in the figure that you provide for payoff.If you did not get binder, then your "friend" could theoretically collect the insurance money and not pay you a dime, then you would be forced to foreclose on the burnt building to try and recover the capital. 

I am trying to get involved in real estate investing, and learn as much as possible from local resources.  

Stessa tries to populate this column automatically where it can but doesn't fight you with manual changes.Without a better solution I will need to pair stessa with other great services for rent collection and property management.I guess I've been spoiled with mint.com and personal capital finance.

Currently, I'm trying to find the best resources to get data on information, like the number of tenant reps in my area, etc.