As real estate investing is not my professional focus nor do I have background/experience around it, I've been thankful for finding sites like this!

@Curtis Walker It's very unlikely the PM will give you the owners contact info for exactly the reason you mentioned, but you don't have anything to lose so you may as well ask!

If you accept my Colleague Request, we can send personal messages on this site and I’ll also give you my email address.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthasharf/2018/02/01/full-list-where-to-invest-in-housing-in-2018/#5290407a627eI am very keen on using a Turnkey provider.

I have used sites like zillow, realtor.com, and craigslist as a reference but prefer something that lists past rental listings as well.I've considered rentometer but know its based on average/median rents so a lot of apartment complexes are included when I am more interested in SF homes and duplex rental rates.Thanks!

A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.Discounts on some products and services are offered to BP members: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t been to it already, you might want to check out the BP blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

I like the site because it has average listing price and also you can sort the results by neighborhood.

You’ll never have a shortage of resources to learn and work with on this site and I’ve only been on here for maybe a week lolSee ya around and all the best to you!

Downside, If you try to get out of the transaction, you could lose everything! 

She also pulled the, "...other people are looking at this property..." line which I could frankly not care less about since I'm only going to buy at a certain $ amount, not because I'm afraid I'll lose the property.I wouldn't expect a realtor to know all the laws around tenancy - but I would expect them to have a recommendation so I can make a decision more quickly.