I carry a Benchmade a/o knife that I honestly use as a tool but could be a "worst case" scenario life saver.

I think the best use for a resource such as this as a first stage vetting tool.

It is a fantastic tool.

Define strategies for how you could get the money (you can find lots of discussion on raising capital on BP) and estimated costs for various items.Look around your area for finished retail homes to see what styles and finishes are popular and what is selling in your area.

This has turned out to be such a wonderful tool because tenants are coming back to me paying debt because they can't get the apartment they want because their outstanding balance was reported to Experian Rent Bureau.So roughly the only reoccurring costs you have is $200 (up to 200 units) a month for the software, and $15 per each credit report that I run.

I actually came across this site accidently after completing a Google search for a very popular real estate investing seminar.

I believe one of the absolute best ways to find deals is to network and use the tools that are already at your disposal.

@Michael Morris I'd recommend that you develop tools, books, or some type of download.  

Do you recommend any tools for this such as the BP calculator ?

Get a realtor or lawyer to present the contract and at settlement the lawyer will basically take the check minus the lien (send to the gas company) and the rest goes to the owner --- so if you pay 20k she'll end up with $3000A lien is a legal tool to retrieve money owed to someone so only way it gets removed is to pay it.