@David Faulkner Thanks for the in depth answer my friend.

The husband of one of the people I work with at my day job, is a cop and she was talking in depth about it.I hope that helps.

I recommend staying away from Podio, it is very in depth and you would spend a lot time just trying to set up.

Then you can read a more in-depth book like The Book On Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner or The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing by Spencer Strauss.2.

What size, because because a 240 Unit place will have a much different plan than a 10 unit place.How about this for a start.Rent units out as-is for whatever the market will bring and pay the loan, taxes, insurance, and maintenance.Pocket the difference and either use it to live more comfortably, or set it aside for another down payment.Take whatever tax benefits you can.If you want to go more in depth than something like that (a numbers based plan), I like to start with the existing chart of accounts as budget line items.Put down the amounts spent, adjust each year for inflation, and figure out when, and why money will be spent each year.As you spend your (future money in your mind) you are coming up with your business plan for that time period.Be sure to project REALISTIC income against your expenses and also project where additional cash will come from, Refi, Grants, etc...If you want to go the formal rout and use a software such as LivePlan without doing the budget part above first, your BizPlan may look like an empty box.

The video is one of the more popular BP ones with over 400K views…YouTube search “How To Analyze A Rental Property (The Quick & Dirty Way)”If you want to watch a more in-depth deal analysis from Brandon, there’s a 40-minute video…YouTube search “How to Analyze a Real Estate Deal LIVE with Brandon Turner”

I'd be happy to discuss more in depth.

Intel is a great example, who is building the largest chip manufacturing plant in the US right here, and it will be a $20 billion dollar investment that brings a few new thousand jobs.https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2022/01/21/intel-ohio-building-computer-chip-factories-licking-county-jersey-township/9173472002/ Another example of economic growth is the upcoming Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital which is a 1.9million square foot hospital that will bring over 800 new beds and a thousand new jobs. https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/new-osu-hospital-expected-to-transform-health-careHere are a few more recent investments https://www.10tv.com/article/money/business/hydrogen-power-company-hyperion-bringing-700-jobs-to-columbus/530-25907aab-5517-4661-a9f3-d2ed2d5be6b0 https://news.wosu.org/news/2022-02-08/rumpke-to-build-50-million-recycling-facility-in-columbus Check out The Complete Guide to the Columbus, Ohio Real Estate Market which goes through the Columbus, Ohio market in depth and will give you a better scope of where the highest levels of growth are taking place and where to look to invest

say you work with a specific developer alot and you know what they look for in a deal in depth. 

Then for some bigger projects that require more in depth modeling, I have used templates from GETREFM.