We broke everything down into six categories and used those as buckets to simplify our understanding of the business.

I don't know what advantage you would get from working with them?

Make sure to verify any information from a party that doesn't have any advantage of you getting their services before making a decision.  

So return on equity would suggest it’s much more advantageous for me to sell it.  

But if you can’t afford that you don’t get to take advantage of the tax code complexity.

This is a great place to learn and to connect with people so take advantage of all the great resources.

All of the people I know who invest remotely and are successful fit into one of these 2 categories: 1.

You can easily tag each transaction using categories that synch to your Schedule E for tax time.

Without a firm base and working familiarity with these three areas the investor will not have the knowledge to analyze, negotiate and close advantageous real estate transactions. 2- Experience - the first few deals are likely to be smaller, harder, with more “surprises” and not as profitable as the investor imagined.

This falls under that category, by not keeping the heat on, you are ignoring basic maintenance and creating a potential risk.