After several days of tirelessly searching over the web...that is near to impossible in Miami unless you want a house in the ghetto (which is obviously not what I'm going for).

There are several free ones on the web - one of them is at SimplifyEm Property management http://www.topshareware.com/SimplifyEm-Property-Management-Software-download-65356.htmAs far as vacancy number, research your area - talk to agents and landlords, it usually is anywhere from 10% to 30%, depending on the area, type of property, etc.

Interesting that tidal power doesn't appear at all on your web site, link now removed.

Many of these REOs are handled through asset management companies, and there is a web-based portal where the offers are entered; that web portal has no clue what type of paper is in the offer.

Here is what it says on the web-site about it.............An around-the-world product that offers exceptional flexibility and value.

I called them, and all they did was ship me to a web-site for pre forclosure and foreclosure homes.

Ray Alcorn wrote about NNN properties, and Dollar Tree in particular, in this excellent, though slightly dated article on “The Risks and Benefits of NNN Properties†here: http://www.real-estate-online.com/articles/art-286.htmlI assume you’ve scanned the web for NNN brokers: Here’s one I occasionally like to look at: http://www.nnnex.com/index.asp .

Coverage map web sites don't help either because you go outside walk ten steps and you have five bars.So...do you ask your applicant to double check their carrier during the showings?

I was later able to interview him for an article I wrote on marketing for a business magazine.

Also, I'm trying to gather resources that others have had success with (so far I'm finding Morgan Brennan's articles at Forbes magazine and Altos research to have pretty consistent findings and I've been keeping an eye on BP as well....