For example, if you don't specify if a certain item is reoccurring or 1 time, you can't collect it.

Review what happened and determine why each item was above or below your expectations so that you can properly plan for next year.Review your prior year goals.Did you buy all of the properties you set out to purchase?

This property needed an extreme amount of clean up and haul away of items left behind.

First, obviously leverage is the MVP, but this isn't my first interneting, I know controversial titles get more attention.
Second, I’m a recent convert to Pocketarianism. Bogleheads was the source of most of my forma...

Look at insurance and tax costs, those two items are the biggest killer of cash flow.

I would stop work until an itemized scope of work and cost to completion is established.

The following are the key items I would recommend investors pay attention to:A. 

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books on this topic, or you can learn about it by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

I would try to buy properties starting at a specific date so not large ticket items come up.

Then we review the submitted file items and come back with questions or ask for additional documents it is a normal process.