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A quick and simple evaluation tool is this.

Here’s to a quick close. 

I quickly realized that rentals on Oahu will not break even unless its a miracle.

Read the  Ultimate Beginner's Guide and then How to Invest In Real Estate. 

@Travis Quickel  I personally don't see any deal here. 

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Cleveland is very different from Australia which I assume you have already noticed. 1st thing you should do is get a lay of the land around here by checking out The Ultimate Guide to Grading Cleveland Neighborhoods.

Are there any posts that can help guide me to a list of questions to ask a lender?

This creates a bit of a conundrum to me as I really wasn’t planning to buy something this early, essentially moving my one year of waiting into potentially 4-8 weeks.So, the knowledge base I have so far comes in the form of around 30 BP podcasts, Brandon’s two books on rental property investing (read ~3 times), as well as the newly released investing guide by Josh and Brandon.