[b]Does anyone know of any good property evaluation tools?

Don't take one person's target rents as gospel, it's different in every market, can be similar but no two market areas are alike, nor are any two properties.You can run numbers all day and never be correct in getting the actual year end numbers.

Just make sure the information your giving them is correct or else you'll be in trouble.

., you are of course correct in that, generally speaking (almost a law of physics), no taxing authority willingly gives up revenue and taxes trend upwards.

Definitely be sure to go through our Ultimate Beginner's Guide, as it'll give you many of the tools you'll need to get the ball moving.Once you do, start putting your plan together and let us know what questions you've got . . . we're here to support you in your journey!

It will take me a few times to understand it correctly but your example will definitely get me going.

Jeremiah B. is right, there are some good rental opportunities, just have to buy correctly.

most of the time that's just not correct.

Most CFP's rely on traditional tools like stocks and bonds, and are both uneasy, and unqualified to provide meaningful real estate advice.

Steve you are correct, you can have 2 FHA owner occupied loans out at anytime so long as you show that you had to move because of maybe a job type situation and the property has about 75 miles or more away from the original home.