Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

Yes of course.

The math works out online and tenants already live in these buildings so I know they are liveable; that said, I have not visited the homes or made contact with the sellers. 

So if you made $100 (on line 1) but used $100 in advertising (line 8) your taxable income (line 31) would be $0.

All the gurus & mentors tell you that you can do real estate with no money or credit, except, of course, for the money you have to pay them to learn plenty you could easily find for free online or just thru the School of Hard Knocks. 

Hindsight is 2020 of course :)I’m not too worried about HOA fees and special assessments, I can still afford those out of pocket even without rental income.I have no experience with private money lending.

There is many sites online now happy to provide a tenant a FAKE paystub.

When you do million dollars deals and closing is done virtually (which one side picked as part of their terms and that firm normally does their closing online) how comfortable are you?

Zackery,Are you looking for some tips and help getting your own business started or getting into REI and buying properties/

There will be big pressure on rents over the next year or two in Austin area due to the vast number of apartments coming online.