Too many investors get stuck on cash flow & forget that the most important reason to invest in rental real estate is the ability to finance.You get 10 30yr mortgages.

I say scrutinizing the heck out of the syndicator is more important than the deal.

My cash flow, albeit smaller is 100% FREE to me, as I have no money invested to earn it, and I still have my original investment which I can use to repeat the process. the return on investment for a 100K house that makes 1000/month is 12%but a 100K house with a 100K mortgage that makes $200/month is infinite. also, when your house is paid off you have  terrible return on equity, it's important for us to all maximize what resources we have in all areas.

It's VERY important (at least it has been for me) to know roughly what interest rate to expect to have for a new mortgage if I were to buy another house right now.

We then created an additional part of the application that scrapes tax assessment sites for that info and imports it directly into the database with all the other info.

We then created an additional part of the application that scrapes tax assessment sites for that info and imports it directly into the database with all the other info.

This is an important tool for anyone buying a tenant-occupied property.

:)  I know many do not like the idea of paying these "gurus" money for the information that's available for free but I found it very helpful/empowering to be there in person; surrounded by others with the same interest and most importantly I learned A LOT!

As Gareth said, learning how to run the numbers accurately is also of utmost importance, especially when it comes to marketing the property to your buyers -- they will not go for the deal if the spread is not wide enough.I wrote a few biggerpockets posts on how to run comps, estimate rehab costs, and find motivated sellers and off-market properties, they are all here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/8814-investing-with-rei-kitI feel that the most important information is how to run comps, as without that you are at the mercy of what the seller says their house is worth and have no baseline for where to start negotiations: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/8814/68395-how-to-find-real-estate-comps-and-calculate-after-repair-valueYou should start creating a buyers list right away, as getting a property under contract and running out of time to find a buyer is a real possibility.

Super important that you intend to occupy the property.Hope this helps.