BP has excellent tools and calculators to help you decide if a property is going to cash flow or not.

Steve, The chart will be a good tool when I do my basis.

You can also get those battery opperated alarms from harbor freight tools for under $10 and stiick them on windows.

Code violations can be a great negociating tool to get a better price.  

Manage your property effectively, be especially careful in the area of safety, use common sense, and have a lot of liability insurance.

Name, DOB... so I can look on the Department of Public Safety and make sure they don't have a felony assult record.

I have no idea why, but that’s how it is.So, to cut down on my workload, I just implemented some free Google tools for my most recent listing.I have a Google voice message where I give all the details on the property itself, which is the most helpful for those who called after seeing the sign in the yard; at the end of the voicemail greeting I give my cell phone number for them to call or text if they have follow up questions, because I have observed Google Voice voicemail doesn’t always work.This has cut WAY down on people calling me and I hardly get any section 8 questions anymore (although I don’t say anything in my recording about section 8).

I plan on using this website as a valuable learning tool to further my knowledge of real estate investing.  

Maintenance problems are a negotiating tool that you should be able to come out ahead on with a break in the price IMO.

Use your key word tool, there are meetings held in Summit, NJ that would be to your benefit to attend.