I know it would be very time consuming and tedious but......Thanks for the numerous lessons learned from your story.  

As consumers, we compare products, services, pricing, and features to make a choice that is best for us.   

There are numerous people from Sacramento who ask/answer questions.  

I would also encourage you to check out MetrolinaREIA and CharlotteREIA, there are also numerous groups to network via meetup.com. 

When I'm getting ready to make a serious offer on a property, I always reach out to my property manager and he has always been right on the money, or extremely close.ZillowYour local agent will be able to pull rental comps for youCraiglist has a map feature that you can use to determine rents in the area.Hope that helps!

There are numerous posts on this site about financing real estate investments, but I think the basics are pretty straight forward.

On numerous occasions I have heard that if you don’t have any money to fund a deal, simply partner up with someone who can provide the funds and make a 50/50 split on the profits.My question on this approach is… How do I secure a deal from being swiped from underneath me, when I present it to other investors?

Thanks @Matthew Fritz , I'll definitely checkout the Keyword tab feature.

your local realtor will likely have access to all of that data....if you would prefer to find it on your own their are numerous sources like realty trak, first american title has software for investors, zillow has some of that data... if you want list data i have used hoover lists for buying info for my targeted marketing.happy hunting... 

By the way: no space between the "@" and the name if you want that feature to work.David J Dachtera"Success is not a destination.