The lender will need to be able to prove on paper that you can afford all those mortgages with your job income and the rental income that you have.

Hey @Steve Johnson, I found your website but it does not explicitly mention HVAC and I actually was about to ask on the forum if anyone had a recommendation for a furnace repair job... not a big job, one unit in a duplex not working properly.

I’m Arizona licensed and while I’m not an attorney or CPA, I’ve got a pretty wide network of investor-savvy agents and property mangrs who I trust.. folks who actually roll up their sleeves and dive into the trenches.The right guidance can help you identify stable neighborhoods in Austin where job growth still hums along nicely, or link you up to off-market multifamily properties in San Antonio that don’t get splashed across public listings.

And in most cases, reading a receipt and knowing which property/my management company it is tied to (done automatically by separate accounts linking to my software), even if I don't do a very good job documenting, I have enough to go back and justify almost any expense.  

You will do great with an ADU in your area if you do a good job keeping your cost under control.

You have recycled the container which is good, but is anything else more sustainable or recyclable vs any other type of build job?

I’m an CPA working in the audit practice and dreaming about starting a real estate investment path for me an my family.

If the investor is looking for both appreciation and cash flow; they need to be looking at cities/markets with growth (population and jobs), along with a consistent decrease in crime (all over the past 2 decades). 

That said, I think it’s impressive that you’re able to manage this with fewer accounts—hats off to you for making it work efficiently.For me, having accounts like income, operating expenses, marketing, and taxes gives each dollar a specific job.

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