With over half a decade of working for mid-sized accounting organizations specializing in financial reporting, budget/forecasting, and compliance.

You've come to the right place, there are over 20 enlisted CPAs here in Biggerpockets working with real estate investors across different states.

Security deposits need to be handed over or credited at closing so you can refund them later.

@Chris Seveney, I’ve seen the same: anything below 1.0 rarely gets over the finish line unless there’s serious skin in the game or a story that makes the lender comfortable.

Are these things known to attract C and C+ renters in this area; What is the possibility that they will become crime areas or areas of contentious fighting over who stole my rutabaga's?

So back in the late 90s I had to run at wholesaling, did over 100 houses.

and Turned It Into a $269K WinEvery investor has that one horror story — the contractor who disappears mid-job, the project that goes sideways, and the numbers that stop making sense.One of our investors recently lived it.They were over-leveraged, stressed, and had already lost $30,000 to a contractor who never finished the work.

It’s normal to feel the weight of it, especially as the finish line approaches.

I’ve found that self-managing can be a great learning experience, especially for newer investors who want to understand the ins and outs of property management firsthand.That said, once you start scaling or move farther from your rentals, a good property manager can absolutely be worth their weight in gold.

For rents, use the income approach: verify with two PMs, cross‑check Rentometer/Zillow but discount for aspirational pricing, and weight unit layout and parking over raw sqft when comps are sparse .