Determine what information you want, which data fields will need to be created and populated later for your mailings.Here's my challenge for you: will you do this until you get a deal flow or will probate be another shiny object opportunity that is replaced by the next distraction?

I have always been fascinated by real-estate but stumbled into the life of a land lord when my condo plummeted in value and was not an option to sell when I needed to move further north.

I know they started to aggregate data from counties to come up with sales comps however I still think your best bet is getting sold comps from the MLS (for single family).

I got my license for MLS data and for flexibility of getting inside of homes without waiting for agents.

We then call their employer, their current apartment,run their data through a eviction database, verify their income, etc.

. $2K in rent = $200K in value, loan amount of $160K).Are you trying to get significantly more money than this or are you having problems with valuation?

Suspended passive activity losses are deferred when the investor structures the sale of their investment property as part of a 1031 Exchange and trades into replacement property that is of equal or greater in value.The investor may wish to complete a partial 1031 Exchange by trading down in value or pulling some cash out of the transaction in order to utilize (recognize) the suspended passive activity losses.

None of the listing sites seem to be at all useful for my area so I scoured the county assessor data for months to build my own absentee owners list.

Not having access to big data (ie accurate rent rates, what neighborhoods are good to buy in, etc)And having to create systems as you move along.Oh and having people respond to emails.

I invest in Ohio as well and know Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus pretty well if you need any data on them or just advice on areas to stay away from in those markets.