They make their money off of real estate agents, but real estate agents are the worst people to make money off because they are highly unreliable and in and out of the business when the market changes.Their target should be the consumer with higher levels that they can subscribe too for data, since Zillow is linked to the MLS now which makes their data somewhere more reliable.

However, expect greater transparency and heightened consumer awareness that has come out of media attention and NAR settlement to impact the listing component of seller agency as well.

Quote from @Avani Patel: Hello, it is really time consuming for me to analyze each property by manually entering its data to calculate the return. 

While time consuming, I did learn a lot and was within $2,000 of my initial budget.

Transcribing transactions from bank statements, posting transactions to the correct accounts, and then manually creating an income statement, statement of owner's equity and a balance sheet is a fairly time consuming process and I have not been able to keep up with the book keeping between my regular work responsibilities.What accounting software do people recommend? 

It is very time consuming to get permit approvals and you may be in a position where you need to extend, pay fees, etc.. when your loan is past due.   

I have been consuming as much education/reading regarding out of state investing as I can as well as literature regarding buying larger buildings (not quite the syndication level) although I have been reading that material as well to digest.

Hello, it is really time consuming for me to analyze each property by manually entering its data to calculate the return.

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If so you'll want to follow Dodd Frank and the other consumer rules.Yes, buyers will make it primary residence with mobile home or build single family.