Dave Nixon did.There are many ways to measure " success" and for the sake of this post, I simplified it to money as the unit measurement.

The first bit of this video has a very very simplified reason as to why being a realtor is unappealing to me.

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. 

I want to simplify further; love to hear more insights from someone doing so well in that vein.

People simplify and under estimate the related expenses.

I finally burned out and really slowed it down and simplified my lifestyle a few years ago.

Google sheet with 3 or more columns: Description of task Time spent (in hours)Date of taskYou could consider splitting the sheet between recurring (day-to-day, like finding tenants for Airbnb) and non-recurring (repairs, renovation) to simplify this. .

He took this huge undefined confusing monster called real estate investment (that's how I viewed it at that time) and simplified it.  

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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.