@Mindy Jensen  ya that's a tough one expecting the brokerage community to embrace you when you want to pay 2k BAC on a 700k deal... of the public just see's their stuff on line tells their agent I want to see that house.. and agent is stuck.agents won't show their listings if they have a choice I am sure of that.But it is Ameruca so free enterprise at work.

I decided to embrace the impending doom.

My 2017 goal is to embrace minimalism while managing my portfolio of properties.

Embrace the spreadsheet!

Sadly, we are 2-weeks behind on our renovation (#1 above) due primarily to scope creep ... we had to replace 28' of external wall: 12' due to rot from a leaky penetration for a though wall air conditioner; another 16' due to improper framing when the unit was first converted from a garage/workshop into an apartment {long before we bought the building}.  

Embrace websites like BiggerPockets. 

I am thankful to @Brandon Turner for reaching out to me early on when I had only been a member for a short period of time and how both you and Josh have embraced me as part of the BP family. 

Embrace the learning experience.Liz

I am totally new and stumbled upon BP and have already embraced the many articles and podcasts this site has to offer.

Unless John has updated his manual, its usefulness is limited, but the concepts are still valid.Whether his approach to bookkeeping would be embraced by your CPA depends on the CPA.