As far as crunching numbers go, if any of you have good ideas for how to do that....I like to play in Excel and use a spreadsheet often but if any of you have ideas for how to project the potential benefits over a year to 3-5 years of time by using any online calculators I'd love any ideas.  

She has EXCELLENT CREDIT and also just started collecting social sec (apprx $2500/month).

Excellent.

And the returns are still excellent.2) In the right markets, short term rents allow you to earn far greater profits than regular long term rentals. 3) You can find ways to get discounts even in areas that are great returns.

Your target investment pool is exactly what they specialize in and you'll be spurred on and managed for by an excellent team of systems-minded ninjas!

Calculating ARV is part art and part science, it's the class that is always packed with new agents and the results on example listings are sometimes wild.

@Lior Noach preforeclosures are excellent places to get SubTo deals.

As always, BP comes through with excellent advice. 

Hi, I'm looking for a bookkeeping app or any software that is easy to use for small real estate investment.I do not use Excel.... or don't know how... 

The closer geographically the better.People always say that appraisals are "half art, half science".