You need to know and keep current with the development in your market, like the new casino "Live" in South Philly.

I am a software engineer at Amazon looking to diversify some of my investments into real estate.

As a software developer myself, I know that even great devs may not know a thing about those crucial elements.  

It isn't at all crazy to suggest that your hourly wage might be on par with the computer scientist UC Berkeley software engineer client of yours, except of course that you aren't a zillion dollars in student loan debt. 

It starts raining so we all drive over to the casino , grab some more beer and some peanuts for lunch .   

It’s offered through Entrata but you should be able to perform screenings independently without purchasing the software, which can be costly unless you’re managing quite a few properties.They even generate approval or fail letters for you that make it fairly clean, cut and dry.

what software did you use for your numbers?

I can easily share it with my wife and she sees all updates I make to it.There is no dedicated software that I know of to track a custom portfolio so that's why I opted for Google Sheets instead. 

Own your own software company.

Out of curiousity does anyone use any Software?