I plan out whole-property renovations on 3x5 cards with time estimates and a large wall calendar.

They are geared towards managing retail customers and customers' selections.I've also met some savvy investors who use Google Calendar.  

@Paul Timmins It's on my calendar.  

I personally use supply and demand and I constantly see what my competition is charging and how full their calendars are with there set pricing.John

One of my contractors provides contracts/quotes that look amazing, complete with a calendar of work milestones, as well as high-quality prints for cabinet/appliance/flooring options.  

Take that one step further and you can form another plain old LLC to acquire the assets with, and then "wash" the income through the S-Corp to achieve a "reasonable" salary, 401k contribution w/matching and take the rest in the form of a dividend which may reduce your overall tax burden.There are also some forms of ROTH that can further be of benefit depending on your overall financial matters that may be worth looking into.NOTE: There are limitations as to how many loans you can take from a 401k per calendar year, so don't be in a hurry to payoff your 401k loan just to take out a new loan.

Look at their rental calendars too, if the calendar is empty the rate may not be realistic What is the seasonality like?

You can check out their meeting calendars on MeetUp:http://www.meetup.com/NorCal-Real-Estate-Investmen...http://www.meetup.com/SacREIA/http://www.meetup.com/Sacramentos-Real-Estate-Club...Maybe we'll see you there!

@Ryan Cauzza ,  You probably already know that you have 45 calendar day identification deadline and the 180 calendar day (or less)for a 1031 Exchange completion period.

But that only occurs at the main meetings; the satellite meetings are pitchless :-)But any REAPS member can get you in for free on one of the main meetings.REIAWA generally tends to be more expensive (and they don't give a free guest pass for first-timers either), but what I like most about them is their Saturday classes.Both have their pros and cons, so I do suggest you checking them both out (and their calendars) to see which one you like better.