This deal proved to be the perfect balance of financial gain and personal enjoyment.

It adds extra protection for your assets.

We've found it's more capable than others when it comes to integrations, reporting capabilities, and efficiencies.The software you've mentioned will be better for the PM activities (property-specific transactions) than keeping up with your financials as a whole. 

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While the initial years might not be financially lucrative, the knowledge and skills you acquire will be invaluable.

Happy to post more details on the financials but for starters we owe 1060000 on a 2.25% VA loan. 

The question is mostly a personal financial planning question and it depends on your preference and what balance of risk and access you'd like and would be comfortable with.

For me, it wasn't a book that got me into this but it was a conversation I had with a client while I was a financial advisor working for Merrill Lynch.

I would definitely speak with an attorney before selling/disposing of the property prior to the court addressing the joint assets - you could easily open a can of worms.

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