If you are behind and this would be your last property to ever buy, I actually would consider getting the fourplex and then put the net profits into another investment (simple as high interest savings or even into the market).

I wouldn't worry about getting a real estate focused accountant just for this simple test.

There is free software online too, like Wave which gets a nod from a lot of folks with simple businessesI recommend hiring a bookkeeper if you are going to scale.

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I would keep it simple: just try to find out the reason for selling and the property's condition.

I saw a news story last week that 50% of people currently have trouble making their monthly housing payment.Not saying that you shouldn't raise the rent, but this tenant may not be able to afford it, plain and simple. 

Super simple process for charging and no questions asked.

I have just in the past month added a paragraph stating that the tenant must supply and use mouse traps, cockroach poison, foggers or other pest control products that are readily available in grocery stores and DIY supply stores.

In reality, 90% of the time you can probably do as good a job if you go the DIY route on the PM side as long as you invest time to learn how to do it right.

In this super simple example, the seller nets $93k ($3k more than you were estimating they might accept which is a win for the seller).