The secret to your success is not that you called the right sub in the phone book and are now swimming in profits. 

Trying to keep a fire secret could lead to penalties down the road.

For me all rents, fees collected, and other property-related income goes into the Income account and from there is distributed to:Operating ExpensesTax and InsuranceLoan PaymentsOwner PayThis has worked well for me since I instituted it around 3 units in.You could break the distributions into any number of categories that you'd want, but the "secret sauce" to the system is to literally move the money so that it lives in the relevant account and then spend from there.

The first 3 are absolute must reads:1) The Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason2) Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki3) The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary KellerSeveral great books by Brandon Turner and David Greene of BP fame.Build a Rental Property Empire - Mark FergusonThe Weekend Millionaire’s Secrets to Investing in Real Estate - Mike Summey & Roger DawsonHow to Get Started in Real Estate Investing - Robert IrwinFLIP: How to Find, Fix, and Sell Houses for Profit - Gary Keller, Clay Davis, Rick VillaniWhat Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow…and 36 Other Key Financial Measures - Frank GallinelliSet for Life - Scott Trench of BPAnything by Ken McElroy (Rich Dad Advisor)Feel free to PM me if I can be of further assistance.

Incredible scale, tell us (ME) your secret!

I am hoping someone out there is willing to share their "secret sauce" in terms of what filters to use. 

I secretly miss the days of notebook style planners, but I also really enjoy technology and keeping things simple with electronics/apps.

Could it be the Chinese engineers are afraid of eavesdropping for trade secrets? 

Because with that one the contract owner is sending it to a super secret list of 100 people vs across the world with mass advertising. 

Hi Ryan,So many tenants have secret pets.