For us, its about creating posititve impact, long-term capital appreciation, and decent cashflow, so we are investing in low-to-moderate income heavy value-add 3/2 SFRS in southern DFW.

My liability insurance (contractor) has gone up substantially as well as commercial vehicle insurance.

My experience is that REIA tends to be heavy-handed with the sales pitch, while PIN is more investor focused.

I have found at this point his advice is become less and less useful and seems to push heavy for giving him large sums of money to enter into partnerships. 

If you're a one-man army, let some of this automated technology do the heavy lifting so you can be the problem solver for that motivated seller. 

To give you a bit of background, I know very little about bookkeeping beyond managing my budget for the last three decades (ugh), so this is all pretty new to me.Here’s my current setup:I’ve had a property management company using AppFolio to handle the heavy lifting – rent collection, owner distributions, expenses, and the whole shebang.

Hi Dustin, the credit may be an issue since we just took out a vehicle .

Both can be pretty maintenance heavy...

They tend to find the worse for wear properties at the lowest prices, so if you're looking to do heavy rehabs that's a good starting point. speaking with other flippers in the area or real estate agents would help give you the best idea of what you may be looking at for ARV's and rents if you planned on holding any of your properties. 

their only advantage is if someone parks bad enough that the remaining spot can only fit a golf car sized vehicle.