The resources and books you mentioned, like the BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginners Guide and The Book On Rental Property Investing, sound like excellent starting points.Prioritizing financial stability and eliminating debt is crucial, and I agree that a solid financial foundation is key to successful investing.

Second main point: Avantstay has excellent systems to find guests who will treat property and neighborhood responsibly.

Brandon Turner's Rental Property Investing book is an excellent primer to understanding the happy path for purchasing a property - however in this market it really comes down to having bulletproof assumptions on rents/taxes/R&M/etc. as with rates as high as they are/inventory as low as it is, there is less cushion in your returns if you analyze properties with bad assumptions.

Granted we only have 17 but still, I’ve never used anything except a simple excel spreadsheet and all my rental properties have a separate savings account under my main account at my local bank.

It's actually Excel-Easy.

Make the most of the excellent tools available on this platform.

@Rolayne Taylor Starting with one rental in 2019 is an excellent foundation!

If they have excellent credit, great job history, great references and you met them and got a good feel. 

This will be for my excellent service as a landlord.Just like a restaurant does when you have a party of 8 or more - they add a mandatory tip.Doubt there will be any laws against this, at least initially.

Both Lifestyles' and Brad's training was/is excellent.