If a real estate downturn hits, you can lose significant capital, and then you would be in dire straits.What I really recommend is taking a step back and talking to a financial planner who understands alternative investments like real estate.

I am a financial planner who is adding real estate investing to my interests. 

I see that you are in property management A simple spreadsheet with your rental income and entry of your expenses should suffice for your tax planner You can ask one of your colleagues to set this up for you .When tax time arrives simply email your spreadsheet to your accountant or input the data into turbo tax.If you want to spend about $150 you can buy quicken rental property manager as you add more properties 

Please keep in mind that our friends down in San Francisco and up north in Vancouver Canada have been asking themselves the same question for 15 years :-)As a former stockbroker and financial planner I have found that the peak of the market can be very easily identified by canvassing public opinion.  

If you could ask some of the top Minds in the finance and tax planning world any question, what would it be?
I have a portfolio of properties and I'm looking to level up in regards to my financing strategies and tax p...

See www.MBTA.com and look at their Trip Planner.

I am meeting with a financial planner come Wednesday to help me calculate the daily expenses to fall in line with my income.

Hi all, I recently listened to Bigger Pockets Money podcast - Oct 7th episode about CFPs (Certified Financial Planners).

Ask the city planners.

Makes sense, and yeah they have specific ones about smarter grocery shopping, organizing debts and paying off higher interest ones first, hiring a financial planner, etc.