Just have a good story about how you couldn't keep it.For those on forum worried about getting bid up, this isn't really a scalable strategy.

For one rental I could just keep a pile, but that's silly because it's not a "scalable" model.  

But, as others have said, if your long-term plan is to live in and then rent out, you need to know the percentages of owner-occupants vs. not allowed and the STR rules to know how scalable it could be over time.

Much more autonomy and scalability).  

Flipping is a great scalable business where you can do 1-5, or 1-50 a houses a year.

You may want to check out the BP Marketplace All the great real estate investors that I know are always looking for ways to make things more efficient and scalable.

Single family homes are not scalable.

And I am use to double entry accounting but I'm not terribly comfortable with it so Ill have to look into the custom screens and all that fancy jazz :D And thank you for keeping my scalability in mind because I do intend to build a nice size portfolio :)@Lesley Resnick Thank you for your follow up.

Get to be a handwriting analysist : ) The biggest issue with cash is it is time consuming and not scalable. 

Sure you probably won't get caught with <$5,000 of deductions, but its not scalable and could have criminal or civil suit ramifications at the extreme.