You can create custom maps to mark areas of interest, track properties you're considering, and note key amenities like schools, shopping centers, and public transport.

@Matthew Welk Happy to make an intro to the answering service team at CS Outsource that does our late-night support.They help with 24/7 emergency support, overnight coverage, troubleshooting issues, dispatching approved vendors & local staff, tracking and managing maintenance work orders, and other back-office tasks.

Does anyone have a good spreadsheet template for tracking all expenses associated with rehabbing?

@Oleg Malkin, The 1031 exchange is used to track your tax deferral with the form 8824 that your accountant files in the year of your exchange. 

I've started doing some renovations on each property and have so far just ran everything through the 1 business credit card and business bank account -- keeping track of all of my invoices, etc.Even after I split up the properties into their own LLC's, is it safe to continue doing things this way?

Theoretically, we are on track to retire in our mid 50s. 

Seems to me the replies got off track on whether a PM should or shouldn't share information...some even seem offended by the notion that an owner would want to be 'in the know'.

I have a feeling they are going to try to push me into a dual agency spot and probably make me use their title company as well.

Any expense tracking you would recommend so I can be prepared tax time next year? 

Lots of virtues with good infrastructure, govt. and tourism industry, not on the main hurricane track, still laid back and not a huge scene.