We also have an increasing number of owners filing claims for roofs thinking they can get a free roof without realizing it's driving up insurance premiums.

Namely, these 2 key bits...(1) Even tho the ownership test is only required of 1 of 2 spouses, the residency test is required of BOTH spouses if filing jointly, which we were planning to do.... yet my wife did NOT live in the house during the past 5 years, which means that we'd have to file separately and will definitely complicate things quite a bit, but if it's worth it.... then, well, it's worth it!!

You're like someone who honks at a car for driving the speed limit and then looking away when they pull up to next you at a stoplight.  

It protects it from outside liability (let's say you drive recklessly and kill someone, and your personal car insurance gets exhausted, the suing parties cannot come after the rental property because it is not personally owned by you). 

After digging around I've come to the conclusion that for a small team with a small amount of properties you simply can't beat a free solution like Google Drive with Google sheets, docs.

Its a central point between Atlanta and Knoxville, Atlanta and Nashville, Within a 5-7 hr drive to a handful of coastal beaches, and a great place to open a place of residency for someone. 

I tested several programs and settled on Buildium.

Driving through your rental property, if you see a remodel going on stop and talk to the workers, head cheese or contractor is probably not there.    

I have been involved in litigation in the past when a subcontractor ordered materials from China and the formaldehyde levels in the products were not satisfactory to the buyers of the units when they did their own testing and they filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit. 

Homes that appeal to our target tenant segment range from $320,000 to $475,000, so the supply of housing we target remains almost the same regardless of how many new homes are built.DemandPopulation growth drives housing demand.