Maybe I’m not as hardcore as I thought(have facial hair) but I tend to not wear a tool belt as much anymore and hold my breath a lot and pull my shirt over my face when making small cuts of concrete stuff.

A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.Discounts on some products and services are offered to BP members: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t been to it already, you might want to check out the BP blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

The Association normally have tools that will help identify distressed property such as remine.

Cleveland is the one I am most familar with and it's also very popular with investors across the USA so I figured you'd get some value out of reading The Ultimate Guide to Grading Cleveland Neighborhoods.

I would highly recommend using these free tools!!

First time newbie using the PB BRRR tools to run some numbers on a hypothetical property deal.I did this as I wanted to get some feed back from the more experienced members on PBand also understand how the numbers relate to choosing a good deal over a bad deal. 

A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.Discounts on some products and services are offered to BP members: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t been to it already, you might want to check out the BP blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

We get a free inspection every year or every other year from the Housing Authority and when the Section 8 tenant ever loses their job (because contrary to popular thought, MOST tenants with a Section 8 Voucher have a job) the Housing Authority actually covers the entire rent until they get another job.

I'm curious: what online tools do you use (paid and/or unpaid) to find and evaluate properties for purchase/investments?

If you are just interested in doing it at some point in the future, a HELOC is going to be a better tool for you.