If you use quickbooks and download the transactions from your bank, you know how much time that saves you every month.

I've been using the Stash app on my iphone

I believe the PDF calculator (Called the Happy Assistance Estimator, or something like that) is in the BP downloads section, where you can total up the utility costs from your local worksheet, punch in your local FMR, your tenant's income, and it will spit out all sorts of numbers for you, such as maximum allowable rent.

Here is the link where MBQ Baltimore allowed areas are listed:http://www.mbquadel.com/Portals/0/Downloads/Census%20Map.pdfAlso a link where you can specifically look up property addresses.

My senior year kids were waiting outside of rental companies at 4 am for the "nice" apartments like they were iPhones!!

I download all of the foreclosure data from the MLS for my market into an excel spreadsheet.

Hello RichardYou are on the right track hanging out here on BPYou will not find a better real estate investment forum then here01- Check out Amazon .com   Books section,,you can buy any real estate book under the sun used ,in print out of print for pennies on the dollar.If you dont have them yet ,get the 3 excellent books by John Schaub.02 When you can afford it get a smart phone,,it doesnt have to be an I Phone,,,,HTC makes a very nice Android style phone for the money.Make friends with a young techie geek and get a handle on the best phone company deal around,,,I word suggest T Moblie first.Gei an internet hook up on your smart then you can listen to the BP Podcasts via You Tube wherever you go ,,,even waiting for a haircut at the barbershop.Lastly find the best REI meeting in your area,,,,hint,,,it wont be the one where some snakeoil guy is selling courses for $1997.00 on a card table at the end of the meeting.Good REI's usually have folks that have a professional capacity in the real estate industry and anj area of expertise they talk about,,,,ie brokers appraisars,,,,,title reps etc.Believe or not I have found theres usually only one or 2 in any major metropolis that are worth while,,,,so it might take you some time to find oneHope this helps DD in L.A.

Hello EveryoneJust want to know is there a website were I can download contract templates,for REI deals?

I'm playing conspiracy theorist on this one and saying that someone is over-hyping this shindig in hopes that millions of us will log onto a website to check to see if we're safe while in actuality , we're actually downloading some spyware or whatever virus from them while we 'supposedly' check to see if we're safe.

-Cruise the neighborhood using google maps street view (Although this will likely be outdated by 6+ months)-Connect iPhone to iPhone with any agent or somebody local by using FaceTime.