When you're new, you need tools, a work family, mentors (who know what they're doing - not people who just coach) and accountability.  

Lost of free info here that will be invaluable in your journey. 

And the accounting integration it uses, rei hub I think, is kind of expensive so I use a separate accounting tool FreshBooks.

Zeke,It sounds like you have a great plan and the VA loan is an awesome tool.

But at the same time there aren't many active comparable rental properties nearby, which makes determining the market rent of a property difficult.I found that using rental listings that are inactive but were recently active provides me with a lot more data for determining market rent.To do this I go to the Zillow rent estimator tool and enter my property's address as well as a (very) rough estimate of the rent.

BP has various tools and calculators available to help you analyze your deals (rental, flips, wholesale, etc.), feel free to use them: https://www.biggerpockets.com/investment-calculators 7.

Otherwise insurance carriers wouldn't spend many millions of dollars on risk management research and tools every year. 

BP has various tools and calculators available to help you analyze your deals (rental, flips, wholesale, etc.), feel free to use them: https://www.biggerpockets.com/investment-calculators 7.

Either way, I don't think it's the tools/process that needs revamping.

@Greg M,       Why do houses (owned by black people) jump in value when a white person pretends to be the owner?