Allocating monthly maintenance costs includes first reviewing monthly expenses outside of the landlord's mortgage, taxes, insurance, external property management fees and utilities.You can use the The 1 Percent RuleOne popular rule of thumb says that one percent of the purchase price of your home should be set aside each year for ongoing maintenance.

I've determined that my gauge for success will need to be external.

That home may be valued at 10 or 15% less due to "external obsolescence" external matters to a subject property that effect its value.

We have seen our water consumption drop by as much as 50 - 60% in some of our properties.In addition we either remove external hose bibs or put them behind a lock plate at our properties ... last thing you want are tenants washing their, and their buddy's, cars every week or the kids playing with the hose.

One thing I appreciate about BP is that it not only contains great content, but points to great external content as well. 

These are not handpicked people, they will  be random.  

Functional obsolescence sets in, external obsolescence effects most housing over time, (look them up if you're not familiar with these aspects).

Here are a few things I'm taking note of as well as verifying overall condition of the place:Front door, back door, and any side door knobs to be replacedFront/rear/side external light bulbs that need to be replacedWindow blinds/curtains that need to be replaced (privacy and security issue)main water shut off locationI'm going to hit lowes/HD after closing to pickup new locks. 

They are attracted to small town/rural living (and the generally good schools and very low crime rates that come with it) and they (at least one member of the household) works primarily from home.As more and more people work largely on-line (and that really is something close to inevitable; the internal and external costs of the current "commute to an office building" model are hard to justify) then more and more people will be able to live in whatever environment they like.  

See and Undo previous reconcileClient Data Review – some portions available in non accountant desktop if you log in using external accountant, features differ between online and desktopComparative balance sheet and P&LAdjusting journal entries – only in Enterprise on the desktop sideVoided/deleted transaction reportFeatures Found in QuickBooks Desktop but not in QuickBooks OnlineOK, so the QuickBooks Desktop product has been around longer, and in the past it has gotten a lot more attention from the developers.