Quote from @Will Greenlee: I would agree with @Drew Sygit every software has its kinks and this one along with all the other ones started somewhere.. 7-8 years ago Buildium was less effective than it is today, and now it is a lot better.

This is a classic NJ. 

You do not need a separate LLC for each property or a series LLC!

There are a few things to watch for: if you are a nurse and work night shifts and your tenant has kids that make some noise, it may not be a good situation. 

Far more costly to transfer property at a later point than simply purchase in an LLC on day one.

Yes, I'm a lender, but we have an arm that's been investing for close to 20 years now.

If I had to leave a takeaway from this post before getting too far in it would be that whatever goals are had you have, we have these goals for a reason and typically it does not go exactly as planned but even if it doesn't go as planned, we can pick up where we left off and give it a fresh start.

Purchase price: $115,000 Cash invested: $42,000 Sale price: $168,000 Unfortunately, we bought this property as a buy and hold property, and our research led us to believe that this neighborhood was up and coming not in a bad area of Jacksonville.

They are releasing permits now on a regular basis and things are able to move forward like they should.  

Anything you really want to do now that you will be retired, at least a mini retirement?