I ask because I keep a comparison chart of real estate crowdfunding investments, and I’m constantly on the lookout for new and innovative platforms that I haven’t investigated yet.

If the total profit of selling the property is far more than the negative cash flow at the start, then it would be worth it, even if just held for 3-4 years.Here's how BP calculates "annualized return" to help explain the numbers on the chart: Annualized Total Return: This figure is the return on investment that you made on the money needed to do the deal, averaged over the length that you owned the property.

We typically do not aim for precision when speaking.

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Luxury construction (especially modern homes) requires much tighter tolerances for materials, so the structures are usually build more like commercial construction with a lot of steel, which requires much more precision than wood framed structures. 

I've looked at RE there but everything is off the charts right now. 

Its hard to see oil going to much farther down than where it is now, and looking at a 10-year chart, it sure looks like there is a lot of room for upside.  

In order to track 1099 payments properly, you will need to have knowledge in both setting up QBO (vendor, chart of account, and mapping to correct 1099 boxes) and on the 1099 rules itself. 

Quicken does not use a chart of accounts and as I recall and cannot produce a balance sheets.

As Basit mentioned there are other cheaper options focused on Real Estate Investors like Stessa or Digb that are setup out of the box for real estate investors (e.g. they have the chart of accounts with real estate descriptions for income and expenses).