I love the simplicity, the functionality and it's made me a better investor because I'm doing the financials myself and therefore have to really understand what is happening in my business.

Stessa is great - it really is only missing maintenance request functionality - that's the reason I signed up for buildium.

A non conforming unit is technically legal but it doesn’t meet current zoning (but possibly was once a legally functioning unit as a residence).

Each bank has a different website, so you may have to search for foreclosures using the search function on these sites.8.

@Ben ClingerHi Ben, I just noticed your post.Toledo just clarified their inspection criteria for section 8 houses and decided they wanted their cake and to eat it too...we don't have to have an interior inspection (since LMHA inspects that during their inspection), but we DO have to pay for a Lead Inspector contractor to visually inspect the exterior of the house and of course we DO have to pay the $45 fee (which is of course what this is all about).LMHA of course inspects the outside of houses along with the inside so the whole lead inspection is redundant.

If you decide to self manage and want help with other functions we can totally help out.We also buy and sell real estate (candor realty), have a repair and maintenance company (CMR Construction) (includes snow plowing, lead abatement and full fledged rehabs) If you need any of those support services please let us know.

The only thing that spreads faster than a wildfire in a 100mph wind is everyone's "expert" opinion.I think people visualize an amber quietly floating through the night sky like in an old Lassie movie. 

While you shouldn’t categorize all tenants and it’s the landlords responsibility to properly screen, the tenants who reside in better situated housing and pay higher rents are more financially responsible meaning lower rate of rent loss and will generally take better care of the property which combined will result in less time allocated towards management functions if self-performed or more favorable management fee structures if 3rd party management companies are utilized (which ties back to #1, as well).

The search function leaves much to be desired, but you'll do best searching "FlipSystems" as one word:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/79/topics/1182640-lesso...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/67/topics/1204806-seeki...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1098187-flips...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/79/topics/1188268-flips...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/topics/1181695-is-fl...I admittedly have not read every reply, but it seems like a sea of red with "Amy B." being the only positive sounding reply on this thread: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/67/topics/1174732-calli...Is that the person you spoke to as a reference that's his girlfriend?

Guys take it for payment so it functions like a currency I guess.