The HOA is $297/month, appears well-managed with healthy reserves and they fix everything walls out and insurance runs roughly $600/year.The complex is right next to a large park, and Auburn itself seems like a really nice city with a charming Old Town area.

You can reassure her that, at the time of or before lease signing, all approved applicants will receive the state-required lead-related documents.Lastly, I'd recommend using the search feature to find previous posts related to the topic OR to find investors, property managers, or realtors in your market who can weigh in.All the best!

Some of the best ways to connect with local investors and build a team:- Use the search feature to look up topics and areas of interest- Set up keyword alerts and follow locations to easily find discussions or receive notifications related to your topic/area of interestEventbrite and meetup.com also post local events but you might need to sift through a couple.All the best!

. - Integrated device (locks/thermostats/etc) features are nice, but with only 2-4 devices included in main subscription a clear upsell on larger rentals. 

I live in an area where there's very few apartment complexes and many larger older homes that have been converted into small multi family homes.

At the same time, I’m trying to balance that protection with practical considerations such as financing, ongoing costs, tax treatment, and administrative complexity as the portfolio grows.I’d really appreciate hearing from those who have already gone down this path—what structure did you choose early on, what worked well, and what you would do differently if you were starting over today?

I am also in the Charlotte market and we manage around 500 SFHs, Townhomes, Condos, and smaller apartment complexes. 

The gold standard in accounting is QuickBooks, but this software tends to come with a learning curve and typically costs over $100 per month to use the features that would allow you to do class tracking for your different properties.

What helped was standardizing a few templates and having one place where tenant messages and documents lived, instead of juggling calendar reminders, email, and paper.For a small number of units, keeping it simple matters more than having “all the features.”

QBO has every feature you need to run a business, excellent reporting, and solid vendor management.