Prepare financially by saving for down payments, improving your credit score, and setting aside emergency reserves.

Have a baby, and gallop into the sunset (while still making calls to PM's)INTEREST:I first got interested in Real Estate Investing because of the potential financial freedom it can provide to me and my family.

This includes preparing the property for renters, pricing it right, marketing, application screening, collecting rent, dealing with unpaid rent and other lease violations, security deposit disposition, inspections, and so much more.

Also, as I prepare for estimates, would be helpful to know where my in year deductions actually are.  

are there services in NY that provide this info.. 

I have used the STR spreadsheet That is provided by BP..  

I sank every dollar my rentals provided back in to paying off debt and acquiring more properties.

First year has been tons of learning and despite all the research and preparation I did, I still did mistakes and learned things the hard way.

What I love about Baselane is that it was built BY real estate investors FOR real estate investors so it's really dialed in to what you're going to need in order to prepare your taxes, keep your books up to date and the more operational aspects of being an REI like tenant vetting and processing rent payments.

I have just started in a 3-day training for the Lee Arnold broker certification program and thus far just completed the online material required for preparation.