@Sam Peterson You can utilize different online companies (web, phone apps, etc.) for this but if you're new to REI you could gain traction by making your own.

My sister in law is publishing books for children telling illustrated stories based in Hawaii.

A net worth tracker is a web-based or mobile application that tracks your assets and liabilities.

I got interested in real estate investing last year and since then have read several of the BP published books on real estate.I still have a lot of unanswered questions floating in my head but my goal is to buy my first property and some point next year. 

As you consider MTRs, I recommend reading 30-Day Stay by Zeona McIntyre and Sarah Weaver, published by BiggerPockets.

Its a good question and lots of resources here on BP to learn - generally going the "conventional" route with mortgage loans from private lenders that conform to GSE (Fannie Mae) standards is great for your first few, then many switch over to "DSCR Loans" when they start scaling towards property number 3,4,5 etcI recommend talking to Jeff Welgan at Bluprint home loans to talk to to learn about the conventional options https://bluprinthomeloans.com/jeff/Also feel free to check out these resources on "DSCR Loans" which don't use DTI at all and are really good for scaling:BP-Published DSCR Guide!

This sounds like a different situation than a "BRRRR" strategy refinance question - however, this article published here on BP last year goes through a lot of the different refinance options on the market for investment properties.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/brrrr-loans-what-are-the-...

It was published last year in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00950...  

Web sites that have been making recommendations for years suddenly claim it is AI.

Lane has contributed to a "Member blog"  at one point, but has not published an article in the last 3 years.