If an REIT returns 6% and Microsoft returns 4%, the REIT is a better investment.

He's narrowed it down to the Asus or the Microsoft surface.

I'm a huge fan of "Open Office" - which is like the Microsoft Word suite, but 100% free.

Also, the jamming might be happening because the paper size in the printer preferences and also in Microsoft word (check both settings) is set on default letter when in fact the yellow letter size you are using is 8x10 for example. double check the measurements on the packaging and set appropriately.

Oh- And I have a Microsoft surface so I literally wrote on my computer screen using a stylus on that sheet- so it is literally my handwriting.

Most typical analyses focus on trying to evaluate a potential deals, but if you want to evaluate a deal that has been on-going, compound annual growth rate (CAGR) is a common metric.When I worked for Microsoft and some other big companies, we used analysis techniques that were in some ways much more complicated than what you'll see in a typical real estate analysis, but in other ways much more simple (sensitivity to inputs is important for complex deal analysis).

I'm still working on my systems so I don't have any files or procedures to share but I can tell you that most of my business is run through Microsoft and Google products.

My excel spreadsheet had a lot of hyperlinks to other Microsoft files (including email) so I wanted something that could handle that.

(Just trying to keep the thread on track as I too am interested in this area).Kamal, some tools you may want to look at (that I've analyzed but have NOT really used extensively) is Zoho crm (there's even a pretty popular RE Investor who sells a version of Zoho crm, just for RE investors - I haven't used it however), Freedomsoft (some Investors curse it while others swear by it) and Microsoft Project Online (as part of the MS Office 365 Suite).

Here is a guide form Microsoft on how to do this...