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. $1200/mo. market value (based on onlIne ads), which is conservative for a 4 BR house in St.

I'm using various books, online resources and the Bigger Pockets podcast (half way done!) 

This might still be a lot for applicants in a C-class neighborhood, but it will be much less work for both of you if they can do it online (again, assuming they have access to a computer and a debit or credit card).

i've been trying to decide what online tenant check service to use. but i've been reading that some of these services dont give you the info they entered, such as social security number, etc. 

I don't know how many hours/days/weeks I sat in front of the computer searching.

Does anyone have any good methods or is your methods as simple as google searching?

I didn’t have luck with that but did a general search for my city and “group” or “meetup” and found a local group right here in my town.

Get used to detecting when the answers are not quite adding up and then get used to verifying the data online.  5. 

I have been doing a LOT of research, visiting various sites online.