During my "spare time", I enjoy playing/ watching soccer, kick boxing, traveling and reading books.

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I use quickbooks online (I bet all the quickbooks softwarewill do it) You send them An invoice in there email , they can pay by check online, totally free for the check online but if  you forget to uncheck the box to allow credit card charges, then they will have the option of paying by credit card (3%fee deducted for you)Thier check paid online through quickbooks takes over a week to fund , that’s the only downside 

If you're operating a short term rental that focuses on <30 day stays, you should consider a Schedule C business.The 2018 Schedule E tax forms has a box for Short Term Rentals but I'm not clear what they have in mind.

There's a Millionaire Real Estate Investor book, too.And create a database now -- whether it's index cards in a box, a free CRM, or a paid one, it will pay to have a database with systematic follow-up scheduled for you.My focus right now is systematizing my Met Database (and adding another 250 Mets this year), and systematically contacting a running list of 100 local FSBOs. 

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With black Friday coming you can usually find these on sale at a big box store. https://www.kwikset.com/products/categories/deadbolts.aspxIf you are wanting a mechanical push button cypher lock then look at Kaba. 

All real estate investors would be required to know and be tested on the state regulations.Getting off my soap box.

If someone can't afford a box of cereal, we don't limit what all stores can charge everyone for that cereal.

I wish I could click a box that would require anyone wanting more info to complete the basic information that we want--income, employment, etcI have found that texting my response template gets a lot more responses than emailing.