Bigger Pockets Property Insights tool has been useful, even if it's not perfect, it does list known ads, and it indicates the confidence level that it has in its valuation.  

The rent i currently pay is WAY more than id like to and i would like to get started on my real estate investment journey, perfect timing right!? 

Hi @Anand Narayanan, Yes, it is perfectly O.K. to do this. 

It is considered "self-employment", so the 2 years is a must;  this will make some lenders uneasy, where as others will be perfectly fine with it-I am assuming you are a physician as such - you should have local banks that have "private banking" - aka dedicated service for folks in certain fields (physicians, dentists, JDs, CPAs, business execs, etc).

It is the difference between your adjust cost basis (acquisition +improvements-depreciation) and the net sales price.Your choices for tax mitigation on the sale while staying an investor would be a 1031 exchange. 

I honestly think it is the perfect platform for most operators until they need to switch to a Buildium or Appfolio type of platform.

Folks seem very willing to dramatically pay more in these “affordable” markets in a feeding frenzy fueled by cheap mortgages and limited choices for house hunters.

Our platform is perfect for your type of situation.If you have questions with regard to building or civil engineering, I'm happy to help.

For example, now, with interest rates as low as they are it might not be a good choice because when you go to refinance at the end of the initial period you might have a hard time finding as low of a rate as you could today, and thus you would've been better off obtaining a fixed-rate mortgage at today's rates.So, I feel like I don't hear about this type of structuring a lot, and I'm wondering if I'm missing some things that I would only know if I had experience doing it (i.e. how hard it is to refi out of the ARM, or realistic rates during the initial period), or that I'm just not hearing about it now because it's not as appealing giving interest rates today.

@Jack Orthman It makes perfect sense to ground a metal box.