2 ways... quicken property management. it's like excel, but presented better. tons of features and a cake compared to quickbooksreceipts - a portable scanner... everything gets filed in special hard drive under year, month, $xx - place of business - date. this way i can find every receipt in 2.6 seconds.

Knowledge gained is crucial, but to seek that knowledge is invaluable.

With a WordPress site, you own the hosting and most of the content you just use their CMS (Content management system).This allows you to be a bit more flexible with the places you host and how exactly you market you site, unlike the sites like Wix or SquareSpace.WordPress also makes it extremely easy to manage any leads, integrate new plug ins and really add valuable features to your site.Here is an example of breakdown costs:Wordpress Theme: $5-$50 (One time)Hosting from HostGator: $5-10/moDomain name - Namecheap: $14/yrCustom email address - Google Apps; $5/mo.MailChimp - to collect the emails and allow you to send out emails to a mass audience: $10/mo. or FREEYou of course don't have to do everything here, but it's a good example of the costs.

My two cents:#1 Learning is crucial, as in any industry.

Factors include: neighborhood, size, amenities, school districts, age of home, SF, number of beds/baths, and all kinds of other features that may be unique to your area (pools in Florida, for example). 

.: 624 Bathroom Information# of Baths (Total): 1# of Full Baths: 1 Bedroom Information# of Bedrooms: 3 Parking / Garage, Exterior Features, Taxes / AssessmentsParking / Garage InformationPrimary Garage Type: DetachedParking Type: GarageGarage Type: Detached# of Parking Spaces: 1 Exterior InformationRoof Type: AsphaltStructural Style: ColonialProperty Condition: FairPatio Type: Porch - No stepExterior Material: WoodConstruction Quality (1-Lowest, 10-Highest): 6Architectural Style: Colonial

After that there is usually a featured speaker on an important topic.

It has many more automated and cloud-based features than QB.

Use the search feature in the upper right hand corner and read some blogs and forum posts on the topic to ramp up your education.

Personally I wouldn't upgrade from 08 to current if I had to pay unless there's some new feature you really need.