I discovered that what I need is an NCOA service or software to scrub the addressees on my list to see if each still resides at the specific property, (I am not doing absentee owners or else I would just have the returns skip traced, etc.)

My "day job" is running tech (mostly software dev) for an internet startup, but I'm realizing that I'm not a city guy and all of the demand for my tech leadership skills force me to be in New York City.

In the state of Florida e-signatures are accepted and use a software from the local association of Realtors.

The only reason that direct MLS access could make sense for me is that I could probably write some software to flag deals automatically based on some algorithms that I could come up with (such as 1% rule, 50% rule, discount to AVM value etc.)

If you have good accounting/property management software, you can keep track of income and expenses on a per-property basis even if they share a bank account.This is general information only and is not intended to be legal or tax advice, and you would be well-advised to consult a tax professional and lawyer to discuss your specific situation.

  :)And there are companies here in Oregon and Wa that hook up with RE brokers , ( these companies are HML) they track all the sales have a very sophisticated software system. they bid for you and also provide the cash for you at sale.So it goes like this.say you want to bid on a 200k house you need 40k. you deposit that with them.they win the bid they put up the 200k .. they take a security interest on the recipt from auction.. then when trustee's deed comes they roll that into a HML.they charge a fee for the buy .. and then charge you for the HML usually 4 and 14 , and then you do the rehab and your free to use anyone to resell. 

*Purchase a good financial software program.

Here is my suggestion on tracking meals whether you use QuickBooks or any other software.

Had a blue spark mic, presonus pre-amp, I think it's called BX 20 or something studio speakers, shure headphones, and studio one software program.

After attending the real estate investing training and receiving Rich Dad's deal analysis software I felt it was not user-friendly.