I would recommend sending out a roofer who can inspect your homes for free.

Painters roofers Hispanic  flat work  land scape hispanic owned and workers.. 

Hi Ram, local contractor and roofer here in Jacksonville Florida.

Hiring a bookkeeper to watch the income/expenses is like hiring a gardener to tell you how many roof shingles are laying on the ground after a wind storm instead of hiring a roofer to repair the roof.I recommend that you look for a quality property manager who can maintain the properties and help with the bookkeeping.Start by going to www.narpm.org to search their directory of managers.

Long term success means having a team of CPAs, Attorneys, Title Companies, GCs, trades, roofers, cleaners, lenders, and so many others on your team as an investor.Good luck. 

Quote from @Joe Mende: Originally posted by @Henry Lazerow:Funny reading this in 2019.

The estimate rehab budget was $133K and I gave him roughly $30K to start for various deposits (Roofer, Windows, Framing, Etc).

Unless we note otherwise in the listing information or disclosures, we fix everything that is broken or not functioning properly, but we have had several recent requests that are expensive and I'm interested in your experience in handling things like:- this roof is old and we're worried that we may have to replace it (was inspected by roofer and determined to be functioning properly)- there are screens missing from some of the windows and we would like you to add them- we're concerned about the drainage and would like you to add gutters- the AC unit is old (age disclosed in disclosure docs, was tested by HVAC guy and running fine) So do you budget for this type of concession, do you "meet in the middle" or do something else?  

You can take numbers off the trucks and vans on the street and start with an AC guy and ask if he knows a roofer etc.

They take calls 24/7 for the rentals, and they can do rehabs with a roofers license, and they are good and fast.