Poe is right, bad apples are not just in RE but in all areas of business, greed, laziness, immaturity aren't limited to RE.

Hey @Andrew Davis  - Many users are experiencing the same thing and we're expecting Apple to approve our fix any day now.  

I would say "polish the apple" you want to sell while you have some time off and try to get an early spring sales excitement started.

@Jeff Kehl Purchasing properties with low cap rates is not simply an apples to apples comparison for all properties.

@Lelith Walker First thing to understand is that hard money and private money are like apples and oranges, two completely different beasts.

You’d rather make the S&P average of 7% per year every year over 20-30-100% in one particular stock (Amazon, Apple, who knew that 52 week highs just keep going up?)

Don’t forget to factor in for health benefits, self-employment tax, etc. the bank will definitely adjust your contract salary to make apples to apples comparison.

@Marc Middleton, @Mark Taliercio & @Caleb Heimsoth,On this topic, look at this as if you were a BP Investor wanting to learn about REAL money saving strategies being shared by a Florida Mortgage Broker.We all know that the 3 points in home equity that the seller is offering to give away to ANY buyer agent that brings a qualified buyer is out there for the taking, like a low hanging big, fat, juicy apple...or Orange in Florida! 

Best practices for organizing / bookkeepingCreate an online storage account such as Google Drive, Dropbox, Apple Storage to save your reciepts.Accounting software such as Quickbooks(Desktop), Quickbooks(online), Stessa, Xero are likely industry leaders.

So, why should you use GAAP, to reflect the true nature of your financial position, so everyone can compare apples to apples, not oranges.