Some newer Contrs will not have the financial where-with-all to carry a customer - although a veteran GC should have vendor accounts and cash reserves to get a job started and keep it running without bugging the customer for draws all the time....And get lien releases from the Contractor for each phase you are paying for, i.e., plumbing is done, get a lien release signed by the plumber.

Although it's a great model if you have less than 10 properties to keep everything super organized and easy if you don't have plans to scale past that.Regarding software to conduct the entity-level and property-level bookkeeping and produce super clean and usable financials, we recommend QuickBooks Online if you're a bookkeeper and know how to customize & use the software for REI (since it's not initially setup for REI).If not, I recommend working with an REI-savvy bookkeeping professional to get it set up and hiring them to manage it so you can focus on REI activities rather than bookkeeping.

As I leave the country it would be great to have the business be self contained and make it possible to keep all my units. 

There’s also a one-time $19 fee to set up a local phone number.You can also pause this service for the months you do not have vacancy.Tenant Turner syndicates your listings across major rental websites and allows you to create custom pre-screening criteria.

Whereas custom homes are built for a particular owner/buyer who is involved with the design and build from the very beginning. 

At the end of the day, our rentals are our business which makes our tenants our customers, and I think there is a value and a vested interest in keeping our customers happy and treated fairly so that they continue to keep their bills paid, the property maintained, and I keep a positive working relationship with them.

@Mohamed Omer QBO is the best we've seen, but it's not set up for REI, so it takes expertise to customize it and maintain it.

Loan terms can be customized to fit the project, not a checklist.* Opportunity.

How have you done with expenses, quality of tenants, turnover, cash flow, their property management team, customer service, etc.  

do they provide great customer service?