Also the IRS does not look kindly on offshore nor robotic studies for obvious reasons.

Automatic payments can be set up.

For the brokerage side stick with QuickBooks and add Gusto for payroll since it handles all the taxes and filings automatically.

ADT gives you automatic police dispatch if an alarm is triggered and no one disarms it, and the same goes for fire response if a smoke alarm goes off.

It’s good you’re digging into it.A mismatch doesn’t automatically mean unpermitted work since county records can lag, but when the layout and shape don’t line up, not just the square footage, it’s usually a red flag.

This gives you a site map which you can add every tenant's information on it and you can set up automatic payments through it as well as communicate with tenants through the website.

I’m not saying cold calling never works.If you’re established, have capital, or are hiring callers — that’s a different conversation.But if you’re brand new and trying to bootstrap everything for free, I think this mindset holds people back more than it helps.In my own experience, the biggest results came when I focused on:One lead sourceGetting better at real conversationsImproving follow-up and closing skillsThe method mattered less than the skill.Learning how to talk to sellers and solve problems created momentum — not grinding for the sake of grinding.Struggle doesn’t automatically make you better.Sometimes it just makes success take longer.Curious where others land on this.If you’re newer:What lead source helped you gain traction fastest?

I was automatically charged $190 again this October (which I didn't want) and have tried cancelling this membership with no response from the Bigger Pockets team.

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That separation matters.DocumentationEvery request needs:Date/time reportedDescriptionPhotos if applicableVendor assignedCompletion confirmationInvoice tied to the workIf this isn’t captured somewhere automatically, you end up recreating history later, which is where time and accuracy die.When to upgrade softwareIt’s not about unit count as much as mental load.