There's also an aggregator which puts "everything" in one place: Trovit.On banks reselling properties, I believe SAREB is what you're looking for.How to find the real value of a property:This is the holy grail of real-estate investing, I suppose :) I know of 4 tools here (in no particular order):RealoBBVA (requires login)Valoracion.esTerceroBI can't guarantee for the accuracy of any of these tools, but they might be a good starting point. 

Google is a beautiful tool when it comes to researching anything and anyone!

No one has said to go to college to be a better educated person who understands the world and has the tools to think critically and keep learning.

SBA has a lender match tool that can connect you to lenders in your community. 

You and him have the same online tools. 

I've done some reading through the more popular topics on the site, and I'm currently listening through all of the podcasts, but while actually partaking in the investment is something that I've yet to do, I understand the analysis from a cash flow perspective because of my background, and have built models in excel to analyze potential investments (though I'll likely leverage this site's Pro tools for the reports and PM's). 

Sometimes it will also include the tools you and the bookkeeper need in order to work together, like Quickbooks.

I've been analyzing tools to do some of this automated work, email, follow up, cleaning schedules, but there are times as you mentioned when human intervention is a must. 

From what I heard, you can jail break the cable’s Internet System to get cable to your tv.

As a real estate investor, it’s prudent to utilize every tool possible in order to maximize your income / returns.