Also, you can try using Rentometer.com and it will give you a rough overview of the rents for the area.Ultimately, it would be best to find a local real estate professional or investor in the area that can act as your boots on the ground.

Being the 'boots on the ground' and providing quality  info is the package I want to provide to buyers.  

That way you are not combative but you reinforce to him that you are only going to pay what the numbers warrant.

I jut hit 10 years now, I have earned a bachelors degree (actually made money doing it), become an Officer and am actually serving as second in command of our nations only heavy icebreaker, this is also the same ship I reported to out of boot camp.

There are a lot of people going through foreclosure right now so that is leaving them with only the rental option once they get booted from their home. 

So I've actually found one - a lender that will do a VA Construction to Permanant loan (and VA Rehab loans to boot).

We also don't mind doing some "boots on the ground" work to make sure you don't screwed over from a less honorable company. 

She would be boots on the ground.

I'm not one for spending too much on GURU boot camps (though I've been to a few) but I will gladly pay for local Workshops and Classes on things that interest me.  

Hey Marc --there are plenty of homes in Indianapolis --- join Joe Crumps Group--and attend Boot camp.