I've had good luck with SmartMoves to screen potential tenants, but I put the most weight on references.

Not using leverage means you have to use your money, which in most of our cases, increases our Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC).

Lately, those alerts are more for price reductions than new listings. 

I have had mentors (not in RE) but in some other areas of my career and all the Ah Ha moments I got thru' mentors was worth the weight in gold! 

"Certain expenses paid by the seller and/or another interested third party on behalf of the borrower are considered “inducements to purchase” and result in a dollar-for-dollar reduction to the lesser of the sales price or appraised value of the property before applying the appropriate loan-to-value (LTV) factor."

The square footage is good, so it might help to list room dimensions.I think the house looks better vs. competition with the $50 reduction. 

Making Lonnie the poster child for predatory lending is like making Ellen DeGeneres the spokesperson for Weight Watchers.I am new to Bigger Pockets, but I'm not new to RE investing.

I almost bid, but decide to wait for another reduction, since there were no bids. 

You don't *need* that data to make a decision but newer investors on BP seem to put a lot of weight in 8% vs. 10% cash-on-cash returns.  

Which in 2017, I reckon means: putting heavy weighting on not being out of pocket for your investments on a month to month basis.