Go to your local county office and figure out how to get data on unlawful detainers, notice of defaults, divorces, death certificates, Quit claim deeds, back taxes of 2 years or more and code violations...start building those lists and mail to them consistently.If lawful, put out at least 25 bandit signs every week.  

On the other side, city-data says that medium income in that zipcode is about ~40K, which is quite low.

I think the easier ones to quantify are things like difference in rental rates by month (we set leases to only be in best rental months), reduction in vacancy period, and increase in tenant occupancy period.Hopefully with time I can get the data to put this into hard dollar numbers.

Pass......if you can't access all the data to properly evaluate the building then your making a risky investment. 

I get tons of such solicitation, frequently from public records and I can see there's no effort whatsoever to validate the data as being appropriate - - thus they all go directing into the circular file.Big turnoff to be marketing with inaccuracies and then begging to get the listing.

The most important thing to do is collect data points from multiple lenders (i.e.

Hi Greg,Much of the data you seek can be found in an online search and you'll also find many news stories about the area, and Cape Coral in particular.

Yes, if I were in your shoes I would cover the cost of the girlfriend's background document, while having the boyfriend pay his own way.You'll want this info not just to ensure you don't have a problem now, but also to provide you with the deep personal data that might come in handy if you ever have to engage in collections activity against either of them.As an aside, when you purchase a rental property with tenants already in place, you should always demand all the tenant application and approval documents as part of your overall estoppel process.Once you buy the property, they become your tenants, warts and all, so you should know what you're getting into well in advance.

Because that individual will also be renting your investment, you will receive accurate data about rental rate.  

It's very hard getting data in this small town, and I believe that RE prices cannot continue to just go up as rentals seem to be near max rates in many areas.