My plan was to buy and hold them indefinitely for supplemental retirement income, but I have recently begun to think about selling one or two. 

Cash is the king and I need cash flow so I can supplement my income or retire at some point.

We would like to buy and hold, and are looking for some monthly cash flow to supplement our future Early Retirement plans.We have lots to learn, and are just starting to dig through the resources on this site!

I'm about to quit my corporate job and randomly came across a property that I believe I could buy and make a decent profit on rent each month to help supplement my income while building clientele for my new business.

They only utilize certain features of Buildium and I have seen that some others do that as well, supplementing it with Quickbooks, Quicken, etc.

There are likely some in the BP Fileplace, and the BP Flipping book has a detailed template for an "Independent Contractors Agreement" that comes as a supplement to the book when purchased on BP (along with a bunch of other digital files and spreadsheets).

My only concern is I am asking for the 10% finance to supplement the down payment.

They say so on the very top of http://www.zillow.com/howto/Zestimate.htmOriginally posted by "Zillow.com":We encourage buyers, sellers, and homeowners to supplement Zillow's information by doing other research such as: [list]Getting a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) from a real estate agent Getting an appraisal from a professional appraiser Visiting the house (whenever possible) Creating their own estimate using the My Estimator home valuation tool [/list:u]With regard to:Originally posted by "TN-Apprentice":Hey, I'm all for less government regulation, but that's a legislative issue.

I meant that to mean 5k/month that I would use to supplement my income that is after expenses and budgeted items. 

@Douglas GratzData sources such as the American Community Survey, also known as the annual Census, can help you judge a location by considering key market indicators, which I list below.Some of the metrics that I find valuable to understand are:- Population Total- Population Age- Home Values- Household Incomes- Rental Vacancy Rate- Homeowner Vacancy Rate- Poverty Rate- Educational Attainment Rate (High School/GED & Bachelors)- Number of Housing Unit- Rent to Income Ratio- Rent to Price Ratio- Population on SNAPS (supplemental nutrition assistance program) percentage- Property Tax Rate- Median Age of Buildings- Number of Structures by Units (SFR, Duplex, Triplex, Quadplex, etc...)- Median Rents by Number of Bedrooms- Unemployment Rate- Employment Sectors Percentages- Number of Building Permits Issued- Foreclosure Rate- School Ratings- Crime StatisticsAlso take into consideration the direction in which each of these market indicators are trending.