Now that you have strong income and savings, you’re in a great spot to restart smart.

Experience is the ultimate educator--particularly in a field like REI.This is one of the most valuable lessons of young adulthood: you can be fascinated with a job/career, yet be terrible at actually doing that job/career--and the only way to know is to do it!

Not only do you get the benefit of saving on your out of pocket living expenses, but you also secure an investment that will grow over time.

Professional-level reporting that’s easy to export for accounting and tax prepOther platforms we’ve tried:Hemlane – A solid choice for landlords who want to stay hands-on but need help coordinating leasing and repairs.Doorloop – Clean interface and easy to use, but we ultimately switched back to Buildium for the deeper integration capabilities and more robust accounting tools. 

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Ultimately, it depends on whether your main goal is short-term income and tax advantages or a clean, quick sale.

Overestimate rehab costs and underestimate ARV everything you save on rhab or if you sell higher is a great bonus.

Great point and ultimately it is a double edge sword.

I ultimately did not do it but I'd be interested to hear if anyone tried that program or knows of anyone who did.  

At Standard Management Company, we’ve tested quite a few tools over the years and ultimately settled on AppFolio for day-to-day property management and QuickBooks Online (QBO) for accounting.AppFolio handles the operational side — tenant portals, rent collection, maintenance tracking, document storage, and unit-level financials.