List first, properties next, just fill orders.Why would you go through all the trouble to find, analyze, offer, get offer accepted, EMD in, only to find you can't get rid of the property before the closing date, and you lose your EMD money.  

I'm having trouble finding something in my area that analyzes appropriately as a "good deal" unless I include the rent for the unit I'd be occupying myself in the income ("paying myself").

Looking for videos and or seminars/education materials/downloads to help me better analyze deals, learn what to look for, and look out for, ect ect - In Los Angeles area btw.

I would like to know is there a formula for analyzing a franchise for resale?

Hi @Ben Bakhshi How do you analyze these properties i.e. what process do you follow? 

If you don't know where your want to be, how will you be able to figure out a plan to get there...and how will you be able to analyze if that plan is what you need and if it's doable?

They will buy these in their back yard analyze them in the internet and go on with their lives with checks in the mail secured by Real Estate at 6%-10%. 

As a former banker, I would've thought you'd analyze deals based on the numbers rather than on an uninformed emotion. 

Many people will try and fail, but the ones that learn the correct ways to analyze properties, screen tenants, hire PM's and turn REI into a functioning business model will benefit from significant financial gains.When people says its bad to invest in rentals/flips and the like they are often regurgitating poor information they received from someone else.

Unlike the stock market, where tens of thousands of analysts are analyzing most every stock out there, real estate is an inefficent market where a determined and savvy investor can search out and exploit market opportunities before the herd discovers them.I feel like there should be an American flag waving behind me right now with the Star Spangled Banner playing in the background, but to me real estate is what America and capitalism are all about: with some hard work, determination, guts and grit _anyone_ can succeed in this great land of opportunity.