You're right about the podcasts, I found out just how quickly one can generate a data usage alert on a 10gb wireless plan.If you have heard podcast 22 with Tucker Merrihew (or at least I think it was show 22) keep up the momentum.!

The community (to me, seems like a B- based on crime data and income data (hopefully I am not misanalyzing this area) but the city is growing pretty well thanks to Wake Forest University and of course the Tobacco industry, so I may be misinterpreting it)More on the city...

I settled on a Moto G from TextNow for $23, including shipping, plus $18.99 a month for unlimited talk and text and 500 mb data.

Mechanical wise I believe each floor has new HVAC equipment, modern data connections etc.  

I don't know what your specific skill set is, but I'm a bit of a geek, so I download the bulk data file from the county.  

Just take a brief look at the following articles:http://www.geekwire.com/2015/a-silicon-valley-exodus-redfin-analysis-finds-that-bay-area-residents-increasingly-looking-for-homes-in-seattle-and-portland/http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/seattle-no-1-for-techies-looking-to-flee-california/http://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/king-county-home-prices-surge-just-shy-of-2007-peak/Additional data released by the MLS on June 4th, reported that housing inventory has dropped statewide (with the exception of Ferry and Douglas counties) by more than 18% from a year ago.

Some counties have interactive maps with this kind of data, but, if not, you can find a lot of different maps if you google your county with "maps" and look at the images results.Then, I like to check out the county website - just google for the county the property is in - and see if there are any good resources on there.

BP has their own landing page on the site as well:https://biggerpockets.mysmartmove.com/#I used to do the data collection and data entry for the background/criminal/credit check myself.  

I haven't found a deal yet but I have created a small buyers list.The home I am looking at now is boarded up and the listing says that they are asking $22kI tried using the flip calculator on BP but it confused me a little.I checked against 3 other comps and determined that the home can sell between $90k-$100k.When I put the numbers into the BP calculator it gave me: According to the data you provided, you can afford to offer $27,900.00 to get this property under contract and your end buyer will pay $32,900.00 for the property, netting you a wholesale fee of $5,000.00.

When you pull the trigger you don't want to hope it's a good deal you want to KNOW. 2. hard to say without more data.