Account Closed if you are not concerned with the physical damage coverage and could walk away or rebuild with your own $$.

On the positive end, house prices are far less expensive in most areas, the availability of homes below market value is excellent and the ability to both use rental income to pay down the loan on the property and make monthly income at the same time is there.

I work in excel all day and find myself using layouts, functions etc.

Run the numbers on an excel spreadsheet and see whats the profit margin even as a rental.

Just use Excel as easy.Now about which version you should use.

Doing it at the wrong time is what took many people under.Right now certain asset classes are excellent for leveraging.CD's and savings accounts really do not pay anything at all.

@Milton Figueroa   excellent points...

While the data is excellent and affordable, it isn't intended to be the only tool in your tool chest.

Regarding #1, I would actually see instead of doing the physical work yourself (or in addition to), see if you can find a female real estate investor in your area who would be willing to have you shadow them for a while. 

So far the best I can find is a simple excel spreadsheet.