I would also suggest getting a website formed that has a free give away - like an ebook or how toLastly, get educated and formulate your business plan, so you know what you are doing and sound competent. 

@Marcus MurphySorry for the inconvenience.We recently did upgrade the calculators format, but you are still able to access the old version it you felt it worked better for you.

It contains hundreds of files such as ebooks, checklists and spreadsheets for real estate investors: https://www.biggerpockets.com/files 8.Set up keyword alerts to be notified of the topics that interest you: http://www.biggerpockets.com/alertsGood luck investing.

For me, the value is in having access to the pro forum, webinar replays, and BPInsights. 

The appreciation is a virtual return that is not realized until you access the equity that is generated by it. 

To find out market rent I use rentometer, apartments.com, Zillow, MLS if you have access, etc.I use a scoring model to approve people.  

This can presumably at minimum force a sale on whatever asset the Heloc is secured by unless someone has the cash to satisfy the loan. freezing them seems to be the most common.. i saw a ton of that in the last melt down and I suspect there is a bunch of it going on now.. people just dont realize it because it usually takes the bank 60 days to get the letter out.. they realize it when they go to access it and its frozen.. but did not see a lot of banks actually foreclose.  

Until then, take advantage of the consumer rates you have access to.

Not sure how big it is but the downstairs tenant in one of my rentals agreed to mow the lawn if I left him access to a mower.

After talking to verizon, I learned that it’s not secure to have the main router where stranger can access it as s/he can click the reset button and erase all the custom passwords I set up.