Couple the two together and you have a receipt for tenants that cannot afford to live.As for trying to collect, you should ALWAY put them in collections for two reasons. 1.

Which unfortunately these comments require extensive legal time which equals a lot more money.

I want to know if I buy a four plex under an FHA, claiming that one of the units will be my primary residence, can I move somebody into the unit I claim as my residence and collect rent from them without issue? 

You can invoice them monthly and collect like any other vendor. 

This means to focus your time in the areas that have the greatest value & impact such as how to scale your portfolio vs working in the weeds on things like property management, repairs, rent collection, etc. 

I want to purchase the properties, set up everyone on a month to month lease, transfer the utilities to tenants and eventually raise the rents and collect deposits. 1.

The due will be time/effort collecting.  

I am looking for a CPA recommendation in the Michigan area, who has extensive experience/knowledge with real estate taxes. 

What is the best all-in-one property management software that includes tenant screening, applications, rent collection, maintenance requests, etc.? 

While we've done extensive research, we understand that nothing compares to the real-life experience of owning property and being landlords.Here's our situation: we currently live in a duplex and are considering buying it from our landlord.