You can speed your own estimating of values up a bit by running numbers through your pro forma using list prices available on the MLS for practice.

See also http://www.bsc.ca.gov/Home.aspx since it looks like a lot of CA specific code is online.

May be new washing machine hoses, may be all brand new drawer pulls, or a new microwave...whatever.So this year I picked up a couple of dozens of USB wall receptacles from an online sale, and I noticed everyone likes to charge their tablets and phones on the kitchen counter.

If after viewing online I think the property has potential, I ask my realtor to preview the property for me.

While you can meet those requirements online, I would recommend attending live courses - they are great networking opportunities.

I believe options can be had for a few hundred bucks and go up from there, with modest training needed beyond stock buying online.

Practically speaking you end up at the same spot as a 75-80% on 20 year deal after a few years of amortization and rental holds very rarely go bad within the first two years because owners are likely to prop them even if they don't cash flow for a wile before they throw up their hands.

You should be able to look the owner up online.

Joe Gore No thats absolutely awful and I didn't even know that was a common practice.

Spend 15-20 hours on this site searching, reading, practicing evaulations, studying your market, factoring in your available investment money, then set some GOALS.