If you don't think spending the money to get the legal agreement right is a good investment,   you aren't looking at the big picture.

Have a website that looks legitimate and has a little background about you, your picture, your bio and how you like helping people with RE issues.

As the market tightens up and my knowledge and big picture idea grows I am looking at getting into a quality multi unit up to 1.5 million. 

Also, make sure that your pictures are watermarked just in case someone is using your ad to trick people that it is for rent and stealing their money and now they think they have a lease.

To be honest I'm 6 hours from the property and haven't been inside to take pictures.

I let them, I ask them to stake out where they want to put the garden and take a picture of it then I let them do it.

Now, for mortgage financing, you use the current market value after one year, within a year, it's based on your cost.As to analysis, look to the return on your cash as it may reflect a truer picture.

I used www.BuildATour.com when I was selling, and thought it was great.  10 bucks a listing, easy to upload pictures and write about them, and it comes with branded and nonbranded links (some MLSs don't allow branded links, but you could use the branded links in your marketing, etc.).

Digital e-book pictures are very 2003.

One only need look at France and its economic picture to realize the problems associated with socialism in a supposedly free market environment.