I had a one page form built that I have in Google Drive where I enter property info and names and it gets logged to an Excel spreadsheet, where I can then print letters and start my 6 month marketing rotation.

Check it out: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/02/02/real-estate-market-doesnt-recover/ :cool: Excellent article Richard and you're right.

In other words, I can show you a house with a 10% cap rate and it be an excellent investment, and I can show you a house with a 20% cap rate that you will lose your shirt on.So just think of the cap rate as one of the many tools you need to use when considering an investment.

Accounting, finance, prelaw, or any of the hard sciences (Assuming you intend to make a career out of it) are all excellent ways to spend tuition money.On a personal level, I know far too many art majors who work retail jobs in order to starve with their 4 room-mates who also got useless, no-return degrees and work jobs that they could have gotten straight out of high school.

This is an excellent annual return if done in 3 months (200%) 150% if done in 4 months and still 100% if done in 6 months.

Investing in real estate is an excellent plan and something you should do over time.

You've received a lot of excellent and varied advice already. 

This thread is about the iPhone but it has some great suggestions for apps that are also excellent on the iPad:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/56/topics/68351-just-got-an-iphone-app-recommendations?

It would be similar to a male stating they know what it is like being pregnant.If you take the time to create and write your on web content, you will have a better understanding of your investments, your business, and your profession.There are numerous excellent articles on Google.com that helps to make sure you are creating a website that is search engine friendly and will be ranked higher.

That's an Excel spreadsheet that lists them all side-by-side.