My accountant is not a real estate focused accountant so I am skeptical that I am stepping over dollars to pick up pennies by trying to do this myself.

In six months you will be $40-50k underwater and if you have to drip $700/month without costs or vacancies you can figure you will end up spending $10-12k out of pocket a year as well.

The tenant in the garden unit left, she was there ten years, as such the unit needs a heavy turn over.

You are going to get numbers all of over the place. 

As is typical heading into winter, transaction volume slowed, while listing inventory carried over from prior months.

Expect to lose 5-10% selling to an investor over an owner occupant.

Thank you Chris, the scenario you describe looks very similar to the deals we do, except that I try to not go over 65% LTV.

No tool should pretend otherwise.Where I see value isn’t replacing that stack, but earlier triage—before hiring a civil, opening title, or spending weeks on a market that shouldn’t make it past first pass.

I hope you find the team you are looking for but DO NOT over complicate itIf you do, Birmingham will spit you out & you will lose a lot of money.

i cannot overemphasize the value of actual local humans over "training" and courses.