What are some tools you use/things you look for in a neighborhood to determine if it would be a good area to invest in?

Instead of making a 5-year plan (an oft-used procrastination tool as in, "I can't get started building my business until I have a 5-year plan about a business I don't even understand yet), get out there to REI events and meet other wholesalers and have questions for them that will help you build a real plan in a year, after your feet are wet in the business.

It's more a tool in the toolbox option to consider if a deal comes across your table. 

I look for opportunities to show empathy and for anybody asking, I teach and mentor using my approach as an example.For anybody who looks for tools to develop a foundation, I can recommend the book "The Wealthy Gardener".

I am in a rural area on a large popular lake.

The Tools Analysis is a separate app that​ we have for the BP calculator.

I have seen a few comments on starting in one state (WY sounds the most popular) and potentially paying a fee for bringing the other properties out of state in.

There are several popular markets for out of state investing.

I just got a tool to help with "the numbers " but I'm still trying to figure out how to have a good contract in place so nothing falls through or is missing on the legal end.

We found this property online through "Idealista" which is one of Spain's popular real estate search engines.