It it's not painfully obvious by now, I don't know the best way to do that and came to BP to learn. 

Reconnecting the bank accounts is a pain.

I had a long post about it in the Investor Psychology section. 

This is a pain but, it actually provides protection.

I have a master's degree in organizational psychology with specialization in consumer psychology.

But doing short sales was a pain.  90% of the time the banks wanted too much.  10% were deals. 

I run most of the PMS/CRM with Google Sheets and a bit of SQL, and I'm still happy with Wheelhouse after some growing pains. 

Also, there seems to be something psychologically challenging for good tenants who get a brand new 1-year lease in front of them that makes them go out and see what else they can get, whereas they seem to forget that they're renters if you just let it go M2M on expiration. 

I know this can be an advantageous exit strategy for an older investor that may no longer want to deal with the pain of managing properties, but I'm curious as to if anyone has used this to fund their first deal in recent years.

Dealing with the city of Oakland can be a pain.