Now that the value has increased $500k, any additional increase will be taxable income when I do sell.

If you have less than 20-30 rentals Quickbooks little brother Quicken is much cheaper, easier, and still overkill for such a simple task.

I've used other cheaper solutions, but they're not nearly as good.

China has cheaper labor, almost no EPA constraints, far cheaper electric power with their new Dam, etc.

Different companies have different fees and - more importantly - not all managers are created equal.Remember: cheaper doesn't mean you'll make more money.Start by going to www.narpm.org to search their directory of managers.

They are going to be the cheaper alternative for SFR, so in theory you should get some decent appreciation gain and good tenant pool.3.

It's those types of deals where I would argue that higher-cost education might be justified, as it would be cheaper to spend money on the education than to screw up even a single deal.

Non-profit or not, it will be UW as a business...the non-profit designation doesn't eliminate the lending review, just makes the proceeds non-taxable in order to be put to charitable use.

There are other concerns with this approach, but 50% down on a ready to go $150k rental in a cheaper area?

You can find a lot of cheaper coaching options and you can also be successful without paid coaching.