I used to create Google calendar events for action items or a spreadsheet to track research, but I started getting buried by the sheer amount of the information.We use a task tracking software called JIRA at work so I decided to give it a try to track all the REI knowledge I was gaining.

Two of the safe harbors that can help you deduct improvements are below:1) 2500 de minimis safe harbor.the safe harbor applies to amounts paid during the tax year to acquire or produce what the regs call a “unit of property” (UOP), you must meet these requirements: (1)you need to have written accounting procedures treating as an expense for non-tax purposes amounts paid for property costing less than a specified dollar amount (which will be 2500 for you), or with an economic useful life of 12 months or less;.(2) the taxpayer treats the amount paid for the property as an expense on its books and records in accordance with its accounting procedures. ( do this on your bookkeeping software or whatever you utilize)(3) the amount paid for the UOP doesn't exceed $2,500. as substantiated by the invoiceNote: The cost for the Unit of Property includes l additional costs (for example, delivery fees, installation services, or similar costs) if these additional costs are included on the same invoice with the property.2) Small taxpayer safe harbor: To be eligible for the safe harbor, the total amount of improvements for the property for the tax year may not exceed the lesser of $10,000 or2% of the property's unadjusted basis.If the total amount paid exceeds the safe harbor threshold, the safe harbor does not apply to any amounts spent during the tax year.

Hi Ben,Take the opportunity to utilize the free marketing software out there.

Hey Community!Long time since I have been on so sorry I haven't been contributing more. I have an interesting tool for converting real estate deals into analysis similar to what you would present for stocks or mutual ...

Does anyone have any recommendations on software or techniques one can use in order to speed up the process? 

Thanks for the compliment @Larry T.Addressing your trust comment, if you don't trust it, it's because you don't trust the data that you selected or input into the software.

Hello all. I'm looking into setting up both a text blast as well as an autodialer. Is anyone aware of any companies that will do SMS blasts even if the recipients haven't opted-in?

We were set up for electronic pay with our management software, it worked great when we were managing our properties.

I didn't care for Rentometer and stopped using it but as  professional PM myself I use RentRange.com along with my PM software.

But given that rent collection is all electronic and they use software to manage, it seems 8% is steep.