I am working on my own and have no one to accompany me to sites when I am assessing a property.

The place was a total wreck and drug paraphernalia was found on site.  

This site is absolutely loaded with info.

An emergency fund is a self insurance policy against losing EVERYTHING when you have a problem.

It would look something like this...Lead property address is input in Podio, then Zillow feeds back any comps from their site and puts them in that lead file on Podio.

Network - Both through this site in the forums but also in person.

I routinely get disappointed by lenders but I never loose site of the value they provide.

However, I hope you budgeted in losing the existing tenant, repairs, and vacancy because any major increase of rent = this reaction.

Getting involved with notes is a little tricky when you're first starting out... you don't want to get screwed over by diving in and trying to "learn from doing" but then losing money because you're not prepared and don't know how to execute, you don't want to get screwed over by paying $2k for a course that won't give you enough knowledge to be able to start on your own (and gives you info you could probably find for free online), and you don't want to get screwed over by partnering with (i.e. trusting) someone that you really don't know much about. 

I saw an ad for the site Mashvisor which claims in can analyze investment deals across the nation.