Investing with an experienced syndicator can provide benefits investors may not receive if they choose to go the DYI route, including:Access to better deals: Syndicators are experts at finding great deals that never become available to the general public.Lower investment amount: Similar to the way you can purchase shares of public equities, investing with a syndicator enables you to purchase shares of much larger properties than you could on your own.Free up time: Passive investment allows investors to focus on the important things in their life while the syndicator does all the day-to-day work.Lower risk: Investors leverage the syndicator’s experience to avoid making costly mistakes.

We inherited a PM company with the purchase (90-day termination policy to enable cancellation of future bookings) and it was miserable, we should have paid the penalty for leaving early and gone with our current PMs (they are awesome!).

On the plus side, it eventually enabled us to get a FAT HELOC which we used for other investments.  

Allowing smoking outside will not work either because smoke does travel easily through open windows, doors, duct work, and utility chases.Also, in a multifamily building you need to establish policies that will enable a more congenial existence.

ARMs are also attractive because their low initial payments often enable the borrower to qualify for a larger loan and, in a falling-interest-rate environment, allow the borrower to enjoy lower interest rates (and lower payments) without the need to refinance the mortgage.

Technology advancements such as email, phone calls, skype has enabled communication with a remote CPA to be seamless.

Duke has done a decent job of handling COVID, generally enabling any students who chose to be in Durham for the fall semester to do so, and the plans for the spring are similar. 

I've been looking at a number of 3/1 homes and trying to determine if a bathroom addition would enable positive cash flow.

The choices are now...Standard - the Podio default, useful for all types of appsEvent - enables RSVP, event notifications and online meeting toolsContact - manage your contacts in this appThe contact choice was not there 2 months ago.  

The other new form, Automatic Clearing House (ACH) Recurring Payment Authorization, enables tenants to pay their rent through an automated clearing house (ACH), so they needn’t bother writing a paper check every time their rent is due.ALSO, new in this 12th edition is a coupon which the first purchaser of the book may use to receive free of charge all of the forms in the back of the book in common computer formats, PLUS a trial version of “Pushbutton Landlording®,” the author’s stand-alone program for handling the tenant and income sides of rental property management.Make sure you have a good software program so that you can keep tract of rental income, repairs, etc.