@Sandra Jorgensen @Neil Narayan - likely because Cedar Park is pretty much land locked, Round Rock is somewhat "central", good schools, good proximity to major employers, Leander is close to the new Apple campus, and with land availability somewhat cheaper?

In this space, you are still going to have buyers that will pay more than you, but it becomes a more apples to apples analysis, where the buyers are considering things like: vacancy, capex reserves, comparable financing costs, maintenance and repairs, etc.

Looking for investment clubs and networks of investors to do business with and learn from as well.

Thanks,

E.

I'd try to get an idea of typical response times from those who would be responding to my needs--at different times of the year (Does Y always go on 2 weeks vacation in September, creating a backlog of work that holds up quarterlies--how do they handle maternity leave, etc...).Things such as above, in addition to specifics of your businesses.I would also ask them to draw up an apples to apples mock yearly cost for gross services, and discuss audit costs and audit payment plans, as well as where they fall on aggressiveness of tax write offs, from conservative to potentially dodgy, and make sure that fits your risk profile.Everyone will have different opinions about what is important to them, and in person visits might help clear the muddy waters a bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?

There are some deals in Los Angeles, San Diego, and, occasionally, Orange County, but the best "bang for the buck" is the Inland Empire (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) and up in the high desert areas of Victorville and Apple Valley.Hope this helps.

Man, are you behind the times...8GB is the starter model and 16GB is the top end based on the present range for the iTouch.Head over to the iPod section of the Apple site for full technical specs and other useful info.John Corey

I have a section for evaluating it as a flip, and another one for evaluating rentals - it allows me to evaluate a rental in three different scenarios - regular purchase, ideal price and BRRR scenario - and also to compare deals apple-to-apple (since you'll be looking at so many houses that you'll get lost in numbers and features and no longer know which one is a good deal, which one is not and only looks good because of some subjective criteria, etc.).

Single bedroom condo 1 mile from Apple Spaceship campus .

Have already gone through some bad apples and so looking for a strong recommendation who is reliable and honest.

It's not a problem to get 2 or 3 estimates when you're inexperienced to understand what you're getting into and that prices are pretty similar (most everyone should be within 10% of each other or else something is not apples-apples).