Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

The math works out online and tenants already live in these buildings so I know they are liveable; that said, I have not visited the homes or made contact with the sellers. 

Thanks @Dominique OsbornI made a decision a few years back to stop getting involved in online banter.The investor stayed with us for 3 years.Property was tenanted for over 2 years.Unfortunately a larger repair was needed.As much as we do our best, some things are out of our control.You lost $25,000?

So if you made $100 (on line 1) but used $100 in advertising (line 8) your taxable income (line 31) would be $0.

There is many sites online now happy to provide a tenant a FAKE paystub.

Cancel your cable and online subscriptions and get rid of your TV2.

There are a lot of resources online and on this forum.

Social Media and Online Marketing: Are there any innovative social media strategies or platforms that have been particularly effective for your lead generation or branding?

Online, you're going to get 300 different opinions, and the IRS won't accept "someone on BP told me I could do this".  

Hey BiggerPockets community,I'm currently diving into the Online Kentucky Real Estate Course (96-hours), and I've been diligently studying each unit.