QuickBooks also offers the ability to take photos/upload of your receipts and pull them in as an expense using the receipt capture feature.If you have any questions, feel free to reach out, happy to walk you through the pros & cons of QuickBooks options!

Be sure to explore all around the forums as well as many of the FREE tools that Bigger Pockets provides.I am on the lending side of things and am always happy to hop on a call to discuss loan options that are out there, even if not offered by my resources.

With a family and kids the best house hack is a house and cottage or duplex option.

If you don't have free cash available that limits lots of options, but if you do, that is another story. 

The oener finaning option.

I don't see it as an issue but many still do, at least in my small town where the majority of renters are elderly people looking for low maintenance housing options.

I got into this by accident when i took a job via upwork as a VA  for Vontive and stated at interview  i could lower there costs and stress by automating there lead gen.I automated the lead gen and they didnt need 5 0f the 6 VAs they hired and we cut there costs by nearly 60%.Thats when i realised that you could automate even the cross platform data scraping.Then i got some extra clients from Upwork and now Im on here to help, offer the same and expand to others.going to the recorder office/courtYou only need to go to the physical building if thre is information on the documents that you need but cant view online.

I am sure the STR  platforms have probably been contacted by the authorities

I'm not super educated on the options.

When house hacking, consider the area's average rents, property values, and financing options, such as FHA loans or conventional loans, which may require as little as 3.5% down for multifamily properties (if it's owner-occupied).