I now realize that being older and physically working from SoCal as a tech geek will be very difficult as I age (I'm 40 now).Although my parents have been successful real estate investors from the time that I was born, I wanted to chart my own path of success.  

Hi @Lance Johnson I recommend you see the chart and read the following post about SF/bay real estate.

The home is built amazingly strong and precise. 

If you want to get more precise, you can put several into a spreadsheet, spanning multiple decades (which cover multiple RE cycles with both peaks and troughs), and compute average long term CAGR.

It could have been condensed to a few chapters with a few charts and the life audit form in back.

Every county is different, you need to go to the county websites not to the state websites to get precise dates and procedures.

Perfect  and very precise answer David.

He will likely be the one to troubleshoot you if you have any questions with chart of accounts, booking entries and reviewing your accounting reports.If your accountant is familar with quickbooks, and you choose quicken, it may be tough for him/her to help you.I am not sure why you think Stessa is not capable of doing what you are looking.

And that is precisely how they sell you on the next step. 

Where would one find a chart like this ?