As an investor myself, I have a methodical process of analyzing data. I will never suggest buying something I would not buy myself. I want to earn the future business, as well as the referral of  friends and family.

    Here is a juicy tidbit... did you know it is public record how much is owed on a property. Let's say we were to take a run at a bank owned property listed for 165K I can find the amount that the bank has into it, by researching the public records data and ordering 'Ownership and Encumbrance" reports. For example I found a great house for a client that was listed 170K I found that the bank had less into it, so we negotiated aggressively, and performed basic inspections in the form of a second showing. We caught them off guard with an offer with no inspection contingency, called their bluff on the list price and after going around and around for a while, we eventually closed on that for 155K.    

That property currently rents for 1200 per month. Ten or twelve of those and you could retire!  

Cyrus Green e-PRO, EcoBroker