Any suggestions or incite on how you track your rentals would be appreciated!

Professionals with decades of experience and proven track records do all the heavy lifting.

But if you want to go faster, there are two things that will help by getting your foot in the door with house hacking.First, is over time you'll build equity and can eventually refinance and take that cash to use as down payments.Second, if you want to use private lenders, virtually all of them other than family and close friends will want to see a track record.

If the mentor knows what he’s talking about, has the experience and a verifiable track record then it could be a very cost efficient way of obtaining one on one guidance.  

Make sure this is the right track before making your life more difficult.An LLC is useful for two things: anonymity and legal protection.

Tracking Income & Expenses 2.

Bag everything and double bag it before removing it from the bathroom-you don't want anything being tracked through the house.

One efficient way to manage expenses for multiple properties and entities is to utilize accounting software that allows you to track expenses by property or entity.

This is not a completely popular opinion, but I am partial to the west side of downtown Indianapolis around the Indy 500 track and the zoo. 

I pay that card every month so it doesn’t accrue any interest that card is paid from the Relay bank account so the expenses are tracked.