Over the past few weeks I have put together an excel spreadsheet containing data relevant to todays unpredictable market.

I also find city-data forum to be helpful.

Explore that.

I'm exploring options to invest in Savannah or the DC/DMV/Baltimore markets.

@Ashley Corbett in that range you may want to explore a direct mail campaign.

I would be ready to have supporting data as to the necessity of them and be sure to include exterior cameras as well, not only in the common drive/entry area, but along the rear permeameter as well- otherwise it seems as if spying on the interior might be miscommunicated as the goal, and if truly for security, you would be covering all points of entry without exterior cameras along all exterior walls. 

fwiw, I am quite proficient in Excel (have some experience with data analytics, pivot tables, formulas, macros, etc.) so I could likely easily manage a small database of leads by myself just with Excel…and create my own dashboards etc. but anyone using something in particular that they enjoy?

I’m new as well with some exoerience in residential valuations and property data and I’m in LA!

HUD publishes data monthly that tells you how many 203K loans get closed and which lenders do them. 

Once you have a *conservative* baseline of rents for different size apartments, you can use that data in calculating your deals when considering which duplex to buy.Are the duplexes you've seen vacant, currently rented?