Short term I want a total (including the current two) of 6 properties, 5 generating cash flow, by first quarter of 2018.I kind of fell into the first investment by just renting my house instead of selling it when I got orders.

This was for a purchase of $180,000:Home inspection -$535Appraisal fee - $435Origination fee - $899Homeowners insurance(first year) - $8091st quarter property taxes -$1,163Initial escrow deposit -$1,365Title insurance - $532Legal fees - $700Government recording charges -$470There were a bunch of other miscellaneous little charges, but these were the most substantial.

New Hampshire has a "Business Profits Tax" of 8.5% (in 2012) and Tennessee has a "Franchise Tax" based on a defined Net Worth of the property and an "Excise Tax" of 6.5% (in 2012) of Taxable Income, with quarterly withholding. 

The MRIS subscription fee is $295 plus $165/quarter.

I'd say, arbitrarily, excluding the bottom quarter of the more crime-filled neighborhoods.

If there is enough height for a very small quarter round stained close to the Allure you could liquid nail that to the sliding door base and just off the allure flooring.

Update: I just spoke to the Comptroller lady and she indicated that I am supposed to file a return quarterly.

Besides the 2 East MA REIA meetings you heard about in that other thread, there is the Black Diamond meeting in Waltham (2nd location in Worcester) that @Ann Bellamy organizes, there is the Boston AREIA in Medford, @Justin Silverio runs a quarterly unofficial BP meetup in (Woburn though the next meeting is onsite at a just completed project in Reading), the NEREIA in Chelmsford, on the North Shore @Mike Hurney has a couple meetings and there are a few other options as well.

I was also thinking of getting a washer / dryer upstairs to improve the living quarters, this would be major and the tenants upstairs are long term.

There is a BP themed meetup quarterly in Woburn (Though this month it is onsite at a rehabbed house in Reading) that @Justin Silverio has been running that has been very good.