Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

Start by getting familiar with your local market.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about the local market here or want to connect! 

When you start raising money, the kinds of investors you're going to get are individuals who want to make a better return than the stock market. 

and I also rent to voucher holders in the Milwaukee market. 

There are some markets that you may be able to make a purchase with what you have available. 

Leverage - someone mentioned Real Estate doesn't beat stock market returns and while that might be true in absolute terms, it's definitely beat the market when you consider leverage.

It turned out well but a great market also helped with that.  

do you guys post off market deals on there/is there a better place to find be off market deals in Canton rather than Craigslist or marketplace? 

We’ve tried other platforms on the market, but the message delivery rates were very low compared to the 85%+ I get here.