If the software is not simplifying your life or making you more accurate, you shouldn't use it.Software does have extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

Hi Sean from Long Island, New York-You are 18 and wonder if you should buy a duplex on Long Island which is an expensive area and likely would negative cashflow for you if you lived in one side--at least at first.You currently are still living at home and wonder if you should leverage your low cost of living to invest in a more affordable market.Obviously, the choice is a personal one, but if you could continue to keep your cost of living low living at home you could buy a cash flowing property in several markets in Michigan or similar areas and the equity would build up quickly.Then, you could use the equity to buy the next rental until you were ready to buy a house on Long Island or your priorities may change and you may decide to live somewhere else or work or school takes you other places.To Your Success!

I intend to continue to scale a bit in this area, but eventually I'd like to either sell or hire someone to manage everything.

We track multiple disregarded entities using the location feature and multiple properties using the customer feature (units can be tracked as sub-customers).

Are you going to continue your investing locally? 

Somebody somewhere had to pay for that real estate at some point and has continued to pay for it since.

Then rent the bigger home out using a property manager, allowing her to possibly cash flow and maintain that asset and let it continue to grow in value.Encourage her to consult with a CPA or tax attorney to explore the best strategy tailored to her situation.

4) What do their places look like, how do they feature their professional pictures?

Charleston, South Carolina's housing market continues to exhibit growth and competitiveness.

I have heard vented units don't dry as effectively but haven't heard any complaints from my tenants and believe the technology continues to improve.