If the software is not simplifying your life or making you more accurate, you shouldn't use it.Software does have extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

If the software is not simplifying your life or making you more accurate, you shouldn't use it.Software does have extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

If the software is not simplifying your life or making you more accurate, you shouldn't use it.Software does have extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

and simplified excel sheet to be given to my CPA at the end of the year?

I primarily use the buy and hold strategy and have only starting selling some properties to simplify things as I get older and have less time.

Would love to an opportunity to be mentored by someone to help me simplify my thinking and execute, and even partner up on deals.

It's really hard to be sure what a property  will cost you or make you until you're done with it.Here's an example with simplified parameters.1. 

If you know that your going to be moving into ongoing property acquisitions, then you may also consider an LLC or other partnersHere is a simplified sample of a JV agreement.

Not over simplified replies. 

So imagine a very simplified scenario where you sold a 100K property that was 50% depreciated.