You will need an Accountant to help figure out the EBITDA or Seller's Discretionary Earnings(SDE) for you and compare to the Tax Return to make sure it all looks good and makes sense.

Anyone can figure out how to pull those reports in any PM software.

Site cleaning is consistently understated in rehab construction budgets.  Most rehabbers include only enough for initial demolition/cleanout, drywall scrap removal and end of project cleaning. Increasing your construc...

Figure you've got the following functions of the house (assuming you've never bought a house before) decide which functions of the house you're worried about breaking and how soon and accommodate for such things.

Just need to figure out the best way to get there.

So instead of saying 8-10 properties, change your thinking to a dollar figure that would enable you to leave your job which is your goal.

I am trying to figure out whether the quality of renters and level of crime in the area would make it a good place for Class B quality buy and holds.  

Can’t figure out how to access them without paying for them.

http://mnsoberhomes.org/   This is an organization of over 20 sober houses in Minnesota run by private people. they formed a organization to help each other.this is a interesting part of a growing need for assisted type of housing.Just thought I'd pass the info along..your state might have a similar organization that could give assistance in figuring out how to start a similar type of housing situation.  

Having some preliminary figures in mind can help facilitate the conversation