I have been studying REI for about a year now and am ready to move from analysis paralysis to making my first deal happen in 2013.

Scroll down to the Real Estate Deals and Analysis section here on BP and start digging.

I'm still new at investing, but when people focus so much on appreciation I can't help but think back to 2008 with the bubble.For me, I'd do a typical analysis w/ the 50% rule and look for a property that cash flows at least $100 a month.

Hey Craig Montesano, check out this post http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2010/06/30/introduction-to-real-estate-analysis-investing/Hopefully that helps you.

I know the feeling, I held out as long as I could, then finally snapped one with my phone!

We finally got it zoned to do the 2 units as several spoke up saying that in this community most tenants are in good standing with their landlords and our local officer on the board spoke up on our behalf saying he wished there were more landlords like us in town.

I don't really don't list them for analysis, that's assumed pretty much during a walk through to arrive at the offer.

I'm looking for feedback on a new printer.My HP 6110 finally printed its last page after almost 10 years of use/abuse.

A couple questions for everyone on building good pro forma analysis before I get in touch with a seller.1) How do you determine a vacancy factor for a 3-4 unit property?

I like Craigslist to do market analysis because its really the only ad space that is used for rentals.