The revenue and expense categories line up with your Schedule E which makes it a breeze to prepare for filing your taxes and I like the reporting features, too.

I don't think rent to retirement can vet a deal any better than anyone else or you, they just have a bit of a system. but the new builds in Lehigh acres, Cape Coral, north port, etc are all garbage. septic systems, poor economics, low rent to purchase price ratios, you are banking on appreciation and buying at market. building direct is going to give you a competitive advantage on a 3 unit let's say worth 600,000 you are going to be 120k ahead than if you bought it through them. that's my analysis. if you are super lazy and too busy to make money and have millions to throw around then I'd recommend not thinking much about investing. but you can also invest in funds and be way omre passive than buying a new build from far away. but if you want to add real value then get involved and make it happen. getting wealthy isn't easy. you work hard for your money and there are build to rent developers like us that try to answer and add value to start buiding relationshipsl

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

There is no advantage to that, only disadvantages.

I like to be thorough and hence included detailed expense categories in my spreadsheet when evaluating a deal. 

House hacking with a VA loan is a big advantage.

I have been thinking about landlordlocks, not used yetmain advantage is I can have one master key to open all doors, tenants can not make duplicate keys themselves, I will need to travel to change code of lockbox once it is used.2.

If you have access to outside capital/equity, you already have an advantage over most.

(to actually take advantage of the economy of scale) I am not sure even that is a rare gem.

I'm not the greatest storyteller, but it seemed like i was taken advantage of, and i'm at a point in my life right now where i'm clueless and i'm not even sure if Real Estate is the right path for me anymore...