I found the forums lacking on evaluating growth investments alone (perhaps this is more about "investing" than speculation).Please also let me know how to get my basics down on RE investing - references to books, CDs, online tutorials, whatever you think might help.

I'll take a crack at it anyway1) Find who owns the property, often property records are online.

Couple this with only 3.5% down and a 3.5% interest rate, you can't really beat it.Anyways, in my initial search for FHA financing, I found it difficult to find an up-to-date accurate source for FHA information online.

Or the particular zip code has above average claims and is a college town?

I called VRM about 10 months ago, i was notified that the program was suspended....but due to be back online soon.

Then I'm usually back home to finish some administrative details, exercise in between and then off to city hall or county recorder's office (only one, the WORST one in customer service, isn't online - the other 3 that I use are all online).

I'm only a couple years out of college, so I've got less than 10k in my Roth IRA and a mentor suggested I close out my Roth IRA and use the cash towards a down payment.

Everytime I get a new home or tenant I just add it to the system and the tenant pays on line and it goes straight to my bank account.

Hi Matt:Pull up your online amortization schedule.

I did a lot of research online and here to find the best method to track your ROI or some kind of template or software.