The "BiggerPockets Resources" at the right hand side of the page has some useful links for this in the "Real Estate Tools" menu:http://www.biggerpockets.com/house-value-comps.htmlAnd once on that page, you will see "Landlord Resources" to the left hand side, where you will find this next link:http://www.biggerpockets.com/fair-market-rents.html

My reason for leveraging is not really about the tax deduction (though it is a consideration) but more about letting someone else pay for the property and freeing up cash for other investments.Leverage is a tool that can be both good or bad.

And, do you actively use tools for managing your properties on your mobile devices?

Go to Tools and then FilePlace and search for what you need.

The MLS is just one tool we have used to find a home.

Jason,I'll address only your question about keywords used by motivated seller by directing you to the Google Keyword Tool.

Then you show known expenses of nearly $1000 per month, and with the loan payment you'll have very little left to cover repairs / vacancy / other "costs".Drop that price by maybe 90K to 100K from what is being asked, and that could work out better.Find one of the rental analysis spreadsheets in the fileplace and do a more detailed look at the numbers with such a tool.

It also has a budget tool that can assist in building projections and also be used as a way of verifying assumptions made at time of purchase.

It is much appreciated.Yes, we have tons of awesome tools in the pipeline including free CRM and we hope the investors will love what we are developing.You can always give us a 5 star review on our Facebook page :)

The benefit that this can create for you (with a couple downloads to excel) is an ongoing cash flow forecasting tool and a comparison of what you thought your cash flow should be to what it actually was.