@Krista Lance, I would say with 7 properties that its a good time to start thinking about bookkeeping software.

I'm also in Nashville and getting started in property mgmt.

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The best time to invest is always in the past, but that isn't possible, so the only thing you can do is start today.

This had me thinking if I'm wrong and would like to start a discussion on the subject to see what ever one else does.

I first started in investing though house hacking.

I’m just trying to figure out where to start in terms of figuring out what makes sense.

If I were you, I would start this way, if you are new to real estate investing.

If you can rehab and refinance (BRRRR) to extract all investment and achieve neutral cash flow you would have infinite return (most of my RE investments have achieved infinite return but the cash neutral has in particular gotten a lot more challenging when the rates rose starting Q2 of 2022).Any money extracted via a refinance is tax deferred. 

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