Including signatures by the person who didnt turn the reciept in to the office :-)Our main tracking comes from quickbooks where every reciept is recorded, every check, every hud, every loan, basically every piece of financial data.

It's pulling from local public data,  so Zillow results can vary by location. 

Call the property tax authority and ask them if owner data is public record and then get a spreadsheet export of properties that meet your criteria.

Then let them know that if the data does look similiar in 6 months and you have made improvements to the property you will be raising the rent a resonable amlunt but still providing them the best value in the area.

We do have a hard money lender directory, but no entries for Springfield.  

I agree that there definitely can be benefits to having a RE license when investing, especially the quick access to MLS data.

I wonder... with something as powerful as this, do you find yourself no longer needing a realtor to get MLS data or comps?  

@Taylor Green I know my local MLS includes data about past transactions for any given property, so yes, a real estate agent is probably your best bet. 

@Tom Mole  I interested in these properties in that is a low barrier to entry into the rental market. 

But if you don't have the 300k or more for the price of entry then whats an investor to do..?