Hello,  I'm new to BP and was wondering if there any events or gatherings taking place in or around Melbourne, Fl where someone like me (novice investor) can meet others and grow as an RE investor? 

As someone whose main source of RE income was from Vacants I can tell personally not a single one of these softwares has been accurate enough to justify cost and I have used several.

. - Carter, I have been scouring that website as well as Craigslist trying to learn and gather as much data as possible.

If you found the house why would the investors not be able to find it also.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

I plan to offer $50k, and I'm guesstimating $50k total for repairs(as did my realtor who used to flip houses) but I'm new to this so I'm not sure how accurate that is.

Once a month using a software program to actually help your business have a accurate history record is not a big issue with me.

Also, though not always accurate Credit Karma may help you to see if you are moving in the right direction with weekly credit report updates. 

That may be accurate purely from a recent cash outflow perspective, but additionally you need to accrue an estimate for the lumpy vacancy, repair and capex expenses that are inevitable in the long run.  

While this is generally a decent estimate (1 percent of the property value per year), it is not always accurate.

Ultimately I am trying to gather data on approaches, methods and/or hone in on any patterns.