Analyzing it I learned that he had purchased a PACKAGED program, designed for a generic company in his general field of business.  

I've spotted a package deal for two duplexes right next door to each other.

Great thanks @Michael Smythe, in your experience can you itemize the tenants that have the Resident Benefit Package? 

As a Stessa Pro member, I rely heavily on its features to manage my properties, and while sending over the tax package reports works well (since the Income Statement and Balance Sheet are standard for most accountants), my bigger challenge has been finding a real estate-savvy CPA who doesn’t charge more than my annual cash flow for their services!

This is a crucial step in identifying and cracking down on criminal elements.

This is a crucial step in identifying and cracking down on criminal elements.

How much wood is exposed to the elements? 

We implemented a similar program and called it an 'Owners Benefits Package,' but it didn’t go over well, so we eventually phased it out.

The more hands off you become in single family rentals, the more they start to look like syndications, i.e. trusting wholesalers or realtors to send you deals, buying based off their packages, hiring management companies and trusting them to do everything correctly, etc.  

I would at least get the permit to build as many units as possible.Then, you can decide to either build, package the whole deal to sell and roll the equity into something else, or refinance and buy something else.