Every lender on BiggerPockets has probably disputed hundreds of appraisals, I know we have and usually with great success, assuming there was an error or a failure to use clear, similarly spec'd comps.

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

Just tell your insurance company you want to use (the name of your company).We have ‘project managed’ a fire claim before and we did all the painting and replaced the cabinets ourselves.  

I'd rather pay a few hundred dollars on contract review and a listing service rather than thousands to a realtor. 

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The small spec builders are bringing hundreds of homes to the market in the next few months.

I like the mechanics garage one could also take massive cost seg on all that equipment.. and same could be done with doctors office.. i did that with a dermatologist a few years back and it has worked out great helped young doc walk right into a functioning practice without her having to go borrow hundreds of thousands to outfit a shell..

Tenants won’t maintain it and you’ll have an annual expense of a couple hundred bucks.

I use to go to the rich dad seminars for hundreds of dallars but I get even better training and info here on bigger pockets podcast for free!

Each person has their own risk tolerance, however what I will say is most people don't have straight cash to buy a couple hundred thousand dollar property hence are forced into utilizing hard money.