In fact I would be doing my analysis to ensure any new investments can weather a significant retrenchment in real estate valuations.

If I would have started earlier, I could have marked a property as a potential sale once my kids get to college age, but at this point I am ensuring my retirement first then college education second.  

The data on credit reports is not primary or even secondary – it is tertiary.

You migh want to check out some of the podcasts on my site where I talk about how to analyze a market and also the one with Jeff Pinkerton from Metro Insight who talks about where to find the data.

This of course led to an increase in the value of my computer data, which is now protected by layers of paranoid backup. 

Ultimately if you do not have anyone in place to fill that role, how can you ensure protecting your investment/s?  

You can go into list source and it will tell you how many buyers but not until you buy the data to see how much they spent.

That's what lawyers are for - they're more expensive but they can guide you through the entire process and ensure you get things done right.

@William Kyle Walker  not sure in what context your asking this questions IE are you the managing member of each LLC  and have the authority to move funds .as a data point..

Financing through a partner...and looking at most likely range that section 8 would pay to ensure that my annual cash flow is worth investing in that particular neighborhood after rehabbing the property, insurance, repairs, etc.