I suggest reading "Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High" by Kerry Patterson  and "Guerilla Marketing" by Jay Conrad Levinson.

Looking for a good deal analysis tool.

Hi @navneelprasadWhen I did the training for the CIV (certified Internet videographer through virtuallyincredible.com) we were trained for both doing the editing ourselves and also outsourcing it.To do it yourself the best way we were taught was to use the YouTube editing tool.

The best move-in special is something that adds value to the apt too (i.e. a cutting board so they don't scuff up your counters or a ceiling fan installed in a room)- find somewhere else to advertise your rents (from another BP post I learned about rentlinx.com and it's a great tool I use every day)- do a resident referral program - give them money (that is less than the lowered-rent option over course of a year) for someone they refer who signs a 12-month lease- crazy tip but always have your rent prices end in a $9 - there's a lot of studies that support this and you get the most out of your rent as possibleAt the end of the day, if your rent is way higher than everything around you then you'll simply have to lower it.

Stay involved on the site, and agree the keyword alerts are a great tool.

As @Dmitriy Fomichenko and @Jon Klaus listed some tools to help you get headed in the right direction.

Normally an inspection from a third party is a great tool for a buyer.  

You can try propertyradar, it is a great tool to find and evaluate foreclosure deals. 

Go meet the neighbors and let them know your plans, give them a card, and welcome their call if they ever see something they don't like.If there's a lot of preconstruction clean up, then I go to Home Depot and get enough laborers, tools, and materials to knock it out in a day.  

So bottom line, Charlotte is a market where 2% is not something I have seen as very likely unless you focus on increasingly lower income areas (which is risky to do in general and even more so when you are first starting out) or potentially going mult-family which different investors have different takes on (while I do have some multi-families in different markets I really prefer SFHs from safety, tenant quality, exit strategy, etc).