If anyone could help me figure out some great tools to use that help me key in on national housing averages, local housing averages, comp sales, market trends, properties(types) that are selling, as well as tools that help with valuing houses accurately.

Real Life of a Private Lender - Business Update Week #1Alright BP Nation, as promised, I am giving you guys a peek into what happens in the week of a private lender.

That L in the numerator of L/V is always the same thing as the L or B in the denominator of C.

The market has since corrected itself, with the base building thousands of new homes on base and numerous apartments being built off base.

I have been told I am ultra conservative by numerous parties........ : )I look for great deals not good or marginal deals.

We all know that building codes and zoning regulations dictate numerous restrictions on what we can do on private property. 

Hi Victoria,You can check out some numerical examples of how this strategy can be used in one of my old blog posts.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/7595/47651-are...The answer to your question depends on one big question: Do you already have money that you are using for real estate investing?

You might also enjoy a trip over to Sausalito and some hiking in the Pt Reyes National Seashore.

I am with @John HornerTried and failed numerous times with VA's.Plus, I don't have time to go over to the Philippines and train them for a couple of weeks to get it right hahaThere are plenty of college kids here in town looking for a few extra bucks anyway so as John mentioned the pay difference isn't that much higher and you get someone live.Thanks

Look at what is going on in China as well as other nations and you will see that the dollar is going down.