Some things as a startup landlord you'll want to keep in mind when selecting a software:Does it have integrated payment processing solutions, ACH, credit card, etc.Does it provide you background screening reports, and how comprehensive and accurate are those reports.Does it give you a place where your tenant can login to make payments and/or view their account.There's a lot of great packages out there that would work well for 4 units and grow with you.  

By the time you pay for soft costs such as soils engineering, architectural design services, structural engineering, title 24 and permits plus construction costs it just won't be worth the head aches and even then it is a very time consuming effort.

We are from NYC (downtown Manhattan) however, we are not looking in our area for investments (for obvious reasons :))We wanted some advice:1- First off, I wanted people's opinions on the best niches for us:We are a couple, my husband is a doctor,and I own a food business (start up)We want to get into real estate to help fund my business and to get him out of medicine!

With my tenants, it's rarely a problem but with tenants without a regular paycheck who can't budget, then it doesn't help me chase rent.The advantage of this system IMO is that there is no clawback because it uses the ACH.

The thing may be such a pain you're aching to get rid of it with or without a deck.

I don’t think the original owner enforced his fees, and he accepted partial payments, while we do not.To keep track of rent payment, to generate invoices, to manage work orders, and to enable ACH direct debiting, we signed up for Rentecdirect.com as soon as we closed on the property.

To put a cherry on top most recently there are people still bragging that they bought in at 10 percent mortgages…..I’m prepared to take my medicine.

The two designations are very similar in most cases.Attorney - licensed by his state to practice law, just like doctors are licensed to practice medicine.

Grace period ends tomorrow (Friday) I expect four more will pay then-- that's what they always do.Everyone else (28) has either paid or has automatic ACH debit scheduled for a date this week.Two tenants are bi-weekly and not due.

Most ACH payments are $1 per transaction, some are $0.50.