We’ve been trying to onboard with AppFolio for the past two months, but the process has been incredibly frustrating.

I will only get one chance to set my real estate foundation, want to make sure I do it as well as possible without suffering paralysis. 

For the time being, might as well get a mortgage in one person's name.Best of luck.

If you’ve got property and aren’t well-versed in an accounting software I’d recommend starting with a good accountant and quickly adding a good bookkeeper.

Well done, Brian!  

All,I am new to bigger pockets as well as to real estate investing.

Well, surprise, surprise the phony investment firm up and disappeared.

From there we identify properties that could have some potential and if you are interesting in diving deeper, 1) we do a thorough video walkthrough to give you a realistic look of the property, 2) we give a ballpark estimate of rehab costs (we do 40 a year with our GCs o we will get pretty close), 3) we talk through market rent with our property management team, ARV, and potential highest and best use.Ideally you find great investor agents who know their market really well and have a network of resources to provide you with enough confidence to take reasonable action. 

I have seen some people well respected in the industry recommend her on several different real estate groups on Facebook.

Rental arbitrage has worked really well for me in Berlin, generating solid profits with a high-margin model.