I compare my services to those of the "competition" and the private Landlord: online payments, solid screening, no evictions in 5 years, over 340 rentals under management, member of NARPM and higher code of ethics, etc.3.

On show 325 at 1:27:00 he mentions a web service (padlock.com) where you can enter an address and buy the owner information like phone number, loans on the property, ARV, etc....   

@Chase Finn I understand the review and I don’t think CE Shop is perfect but I have used so many of the other services that were terrible.

Make sure the agent is knowledgeable in auto and casualty rather than life insurance and financial services.

I know lots of service members that have purchase investment property while being stationed overseas.

Looking for a good credit, eviction and background check service.

@Sonny Sach A good metric to pay attention to along with the IRR would be the Debt service coverage ratio and CoC returns especially if you’re leveraging equity with debt.

Real estate agents and appraisers have access to their local MLS (Multiple Listing Service) and can pull all the recent sales data for a particular area. 

I am now out of the service and back into the civilian sector.

The big problem with online services is they just dont have a long term track record of multiple decades so you are taking a higher risk than owning property directly.