I already have 50 auto pay bills that I'm gonna have to call each stupid company and swap over to the new bank acct; or spend 10 minutes trying to figure out the passwords b/c we all know with the electric company, if you don't have a two-factor authentication, you run the risk of someone else paying your light bill right?

For a duplex, you don’t need anything heavy.If your main goal is income/expense tracking and clean reports, Stessa is popular and free — it’s built specifically for rental property financials and keeps things simple.If you also want rent collection and light tenant management, Innago, Avail, or TurboTenant are solid low-cost/free options.Since you’re already familiar with QBO, just avoid overcomplicating it.

People normally do this through buying properties that are due for light-heavy remodel.

This might be a slightly unpopular observation.I’ve been around real estate investing for about a decade now, and I’ve noticed a certain type of image that gets shared a lot in our space — the whiskey glass, the cigar, the dim lighting.

I'm thinking about just offering to help them take car of things on a fee-for-service kind of model, like $25 per showing and $20 to do light maintenance things like take the garbage out and change the lock batteries and so on but making them handle the advertising, screening, leasing, evictions, etc. 

A clean 3/1 in Columbus, Ohio, is honestly a great bread-and-butter hold, especially with just a light rehab.

A few observations:**What looks good:**- 8.21% CoC in today's rate environment is respectable, especially with conservative rent estimates- $825/unit for 1b/1b in Cincinnati C-class is realistic (and the $900 upside is achievable with light updates)- Foundation work at $15.3k is factored in - that's often a deal-killer people underestimate- Your utilities expense at $700/mth is properly accounted for (water/heat costs catch a lot of investors off-guard in older MF)**A few things I'd stress-test:**1.

I focus primarily on small multifamily properties like duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes.My strategy is simple: buy solid assets in strong locations, improve the property through light renovations or better management, increase rents, and hold long term.I’m very hands-on with my investments.

We didn't put any money down and have lived here for a year, so not much equity, but we've made some light renovations. 

The deals that usually work remotely are light rehabs: paint, flooring, maybe kitchen/bath updates...