PS love your blog and ebook is awsome nice to see someone using different methods to acquiring BIG properties.

As @Race Ostler said, Utah county is booming, and the buy and hold method will surely bring in some appreciation.  

What are some effective methods to familiarize oneself with the market of an area?

Education, lead generation methods or funding opportunities?

The info on the web, and youtube.....which are American, paint a much brighter picture for these methods of transaction. 

Then I pull the file, confirm real estate was inherited, and add the petitioners info to my marketing list.One problem I see with this method is that if I search a county other than suffolk (say, middlesex) I won't know which assessor's database to look up to see if they owned real estate.. and pulling every file to check for real estate would be madness.I've also head checking obituaries, but I would think they won't end up in probate for awhile after that so I'm still hazy on who you would know who to market toIf anyone has any insight into this process in the MA / Boston area it would be much appreciated

What's the best method to acquire rental property using OPM and the most efficient strategy to pay it back?

With this method, the long-term refi is the only loan the bank is writing.You may find that conventional financing on the original purchase is not a whole lot cheaper than hard money for such a short period.Also, talk with the HML and conventional lender to set these up properly at the front end so the refi goes smoothly.Wm

The question and the formula presented do not suggest a method for calculating NOI but rather show how a cash flow metric is derived.

I don't know your model and I'm unfamiliar with your methods and systems.