As long as there’s death disease alcoholism drug use divorce etc.. there will always be deals if you look hard enough

HubSpot offers a pretty robust CRM for free that integrates well and has a good mobile app.

Everything else is much easier (and irrelevant without deal flow).Most serious part-time investors have plenty of capital, know how to buy right, and have management solutions....but we lack 100s of profitable opportunities flowing through the funnel (compared to those with active marketing and robust deal flow pipelines).

Another place was owned by an alcoholic who hadn't cut his grass in 5 years.

Generally speaking, the IRA LLC will cost more to establish than an account with a custodian, but will provide a much more efficient and robust platform from which to invest, and will generally save money over time through the elimination of the per-asset and per-transaction fees of the custodian.

It's like snake-oil salesman convinving people that alcohol with a new label will suddenly cure baldness.I rent properties for more than 30 days and less than one year.

In other words, do you spend $X creating a well known brand that pulls customers in without much additional marketing effort/expense, or do you spend that same $X on direct customer acquisition.In industries where customers are potentially repeat customers for life (fast food, alcohol, cigarettes, automobiles), spending that money on brand building is cheaper than spending that money on acquiring the same customers over and over -- that's why these industries put a ridiculous percentage of their profits back into building their brand.In real estate, the "customers" are the sellers -- they generate the income, even if not directly.

Louis is a great market for cash flow and has a robust stock of small multifamily properties.

Some were excellent for the first couple of jobs but then later turned out to be alcoholic?

I had a roommate who was an Alcoholic, used girl-friend as previous landlord references, and of course, eventually could not pay rent.