Taking it to the casino is probably not what they want to hear.

We've got the management software and maintenance requests set up to proceed with self-managing but getting a new tenant in is challenging and time consuming to plan around with our our W2 jobs. 

I like to be proactive and to make sure we have all avenues covered, meaning, is there a specific software I should use to keep all the accounting records or will Quickbooks be fine.

Have you ever used the property management software Cozy?

I've used software to build a more effective and efficient managing system so that I spend far less time on the actual work of managing our assets.

Most property managers will have management software that will push listings out to dozens of websites and gather info from potential tenants.

So I specialize in that software.

I bought the first house in CA ( Contra Costa) - 350k.I'm working as a full-time employee, software engineer, making around 126k per year.How much I can deduct:1)interest (1st year is about 9.5k interest payments). 2)property taxes (I heard maximum deduction for prop taxes - 10’000)3)home insuranceCan I deduct them all?  

thoughts on PM software instead of a company?

That can be a great way to grow the value without being invested in the Wall Street casino.