Stay away from the “guru” sales-pitch events - They rarely increase your investment knowledge, they merely empty your wallet!

I have no plan, I dont know what im doing and nobody seems to want to help you unless you open your wallet which is absolutely ridiculous.

Just make sure you require than they take the hardware off the back of their TV that matches it before they leave.

The second spreadsheet included previously omitted tasks such as investor hours and driving time between the rental properties and the hardware store and other locations pertinent to the management of the units.

Restoring old hardware, sanding down and restaining or painting old doors, and maintaining a slate roof are all "surgical" restoration activities.

Once you have a track record of successful deals you have the ability to present a portfolio of past deals and people will be opening their wallets to hand you money at 10%, 8%, maybe even 7% or 6% if there are other benefits.

They offer different hinge hardware for plywood cabinet bases and hardwood.  

I had one tenant say thanks that's the push I need to quit smoking.And yes, your future tenants will appreciate a no-smoking property not to mention your wallet come turn over time!

Stay away from the “guru” sales-pitch events - they rarely increase your investment knowledge, they merely empty your wallet!

Quicken, Excel and a wall covered with white boards are my only tools today and I feel that I am not keeping up.I am seriously considering making the move to Quickbooks, but in a prior career I was a software consultant and I can't help but be skeptical of how much value will Quickbooks bring to the table considering the purchase cost, education, set-up consultations, hardware upgrades, security, etc...Currently reading "The Real Estate Investor's Pocket Calculator" and trying to decifer which calculations I should be using to evaluate my properties and make better decisions regarding improvements and rents.I am VERY OPEN MINDED and WILLING to investigate any direction or leads you might suggest regarding software and/or services to help me get my business optimized (or at least running more efficiently with better data).