Hey @Mike Allen, I use the Schlage Encode Smart Wifi Deadbolts at my STR - one for the front porch door into the property (it's a duplex), a second for the main entry door into the upstairs unit itself, and then one on the supply closet in the unit for our cleaning team.I don't have any third party management software in place at the moment, and therefore can't speak to the integrations at this point in time.  

I am curious to what software/programs I should use starting out.

The investor generally needs 6 months of "reserves" or savings of mortgage, property taxes and insurance (and HOA if applicable).

The martial arts helps kids in so many other respects than just the self-defense application so it's not all bad.With the arts you have to train for a very long time to take complex movements and make them part of your natural reaction process.

How to get the maximum rent from secion8 applicants?

Beyond that period, new applicants will need to wait until the current active rental list declines by roughly 100 permits. 

Does anyone have any feedback on SimplifyEm property management software?

Tell them you are offering a renewal but they must complete the application within one week.

And this is not the case for a true flip, as in Basit's #1.Mentioning #2 creates a dangerous incentive to ignore the rules applicable to flipping and rely on a flimsy declaration of "intent" to hold the property as a rental. 

@Zachary R Beale First off if I were you I would make sure I had little to no debt except for my student loans if applicable and potentially a primary residence mortgage.