I have some debt in credit cards, which is what I am trying to eliminate before I get into real estate.

It's those maniacs that buy homes cash via quit claim deed off of craigslist that really get screwed.Make sure your property manager is a licensed real estate brokerage.Understand you can not eliminate all risk, only mitigate it.

It's just a month of rent at most that you're losing, and the headaches you eliminate by not showing an occupied unit is worth a month of lost rent!

I would say very few.I could see that owner financing in the context of commercial property may be more likely because it eliminates some or all of the issues I outlined above.Just my two cents.

I would say 50%+ people who email me end up filling that form and out of those I end up eliminating 50%+ due to various issues.  

I had fancy UC Berkeley online library access, so I did what anyone in that position would do and read all the peer reviewed academic literature on bed bugs written by people with Ph.D after their name (including pre-modern remedies that worked & still work), and over the course of a few months eliminated the infestation myself - chemical free.

Also, one good hurricane could wipe out an entire park and eliminate all income with it. 

It tracks income and expenses, but not assets, so it wouldn't completely eliminate my use of QuickBooks.To populate Rentec I was looking to add a remote user (a VA) to my QuickBooks.

The escrow account eliminates the need for it since it prevents the borrower from not making the payments.

                               = $335      Total cashflow $165(When I move out I can eliminate/pass down these expense to my tenants) My plan over the next 6 months is to pay off all my bills then start saving for my next investment property.