I had a landscaping business in college, have dabbled with multiple online business opportunities throughout my educational career, and have continued to read and read about real estate investing.

A few things:Found the listing online, saw the pics.

That information might be available online, or by phone, or in a few jurisdictions you may need to go ask them. 

Hi @John Woodrich, thank you for the tip, will definitely look into it.

The move-in date is 8/6, however they live out of town and won't be back for college until September (I told them I couldn't push the lease out a month).Given that they don't live in town, will it suffice to have them sign it online (currently using an online forms management software that makes online signatures quite easy)? 

If it's the latter, the online auction sites start the bids low as a teaser in order to get competition and more bids.  

.)* Reserves - savings from each rent payment for future expensesIf you wanted to use more like a PM, you could set up an online form for tenants to input requests and include attachments and track maintenance through it.Hope that helps.PS - I still use Excel for projections/modeling

I would highly to help better understand the area zip code by zip code: http://www.lulu.com/us/en/shop/dawn-anastasi/inves...Hope that provides a starting point and feel free to reach out. 

They usually will offer tenant screening and online applications as well.

You could use the BP calculator (5 times for free membership) or find some available online for free.The most important thing that is going to get you ahead: commit to do 1 thing at least every day that is going to get you closer to your goal of acquiring and creating wealth through real estate: read, analyze, go to open house....