The landlord software company I work for is also in Colorado.

@Michael Muro Typically there are two types of coaches/mentors out there.1) will charge $5k - $50k for their services and will help show you the ropes, maybe provide you with some "proprietary" spreadsheets or software, and give you encouragement along the way.

If you have a good property management software you can  put the properties in as separate entities and pull reports for them as separate entities.

I use a software called Xactimate which is the industry standard when an insurance company determines how much something is supposed to cost.

I just dont like the merchant that comes with my software. 

@Mark Forest As I mentioned, we're building out our software specifically for multifamily.

To answer your question: I'm a self-taught software engineer. 

The University also had an evening class via remote teaching, that was how to use the most popular financial analysis software, used by the big investors. 

Who's using Dotloop transaction management software?

And many more questions only you know that can or will help you do better on your second home.Finally, what tool or software are you using to guide and help your decision?