Also, keeping track of inventory is important as well (as is a trustworthy cleaner and that can get tricky if you have too much stock).

Two, you'll have a much easier time obtaining a mortgage product if you have a track record of W2 income.In the meantime, continue implementing the strategies you mentioned: save religiously, build your credit, pay any existing debt owed, etc.

Have these guys ever heard of Quicken or any of the online personal finance programs available to track spending?

She said, they use phone numbers to "track accounting".

@Jorge Vazquez we stopped doing signs over 10 years ago.We had a separate phone number on our signs, so were able to track traffic & applications from them.We were getting more & BETTER leads from our online ads then the signs - so an easy choice to stop using them (also time & money savings).

It could be fast tracked or it could take 6+ months as government stuff normally does. 

We need to start tracking the stats that count around here!

What property management software or tools would you recommend for tracking rent payments, leases, and maintenance requests?

They had to refinance it to basically kind of save the house now that everything is kind of on track she wants to renovate the property.

You are on the right track.