A doctor has an education and duties that requires the use of brain cells, so does an engineer, an architect, the president of the bank that funds projects, a GC is not even in the same ball park as professionals turning out 8 or 10 houses a year.

What couple goes out and separately rents places especially in the age of cell phones.

Four years ago our oldest daughter (13 at the time) was diagnosed with cancer.

For maintenance I just have tenants text me as long as you are in a nice area with good tenants people tend to be very cool but if in lower income area no way would I give cell and an email address would probably be better.

Increasing gross incomes can come from raising rents or adding other income streams like covered parking, coin laundry, storage, cell phone towers, bill boards, etc.

This includes our primary home mortgage, food, gas, car expense, home bills, cell phones, restaurant budget, entertainment....

Each little piece of info is in it's own cell.

Without getting too specific, my mom died unexpectedly, another family member contracted emphysema, another succombed to alcoholism, another was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and fought 2 years with chemo before passing away, another had 6 heart attacks in one summer and a stroke the next year . . .

Google voice for the office and my cell for actual tenants.

, bite the bullet and get an accounting software package - - at least you can generate reports correctly and start to see that you may have entered data in the wrong places.Excel can do the job - - If you aced Accounting 101 AND master all those formulas and cell referencing technique.Upon install, run the Wizard and pick Real Estate or Rentals to setup the accounts for you.