Hi and welcome, just by the way you want to start your life says you are a smart kid, real estate can give you very good money and a good retirement, it takes a lot of hard work, dedication and patience, perseverance is the key.

Search this platform, Google, About.com, and other sites to learn about rental property value equations, such as GRM and CAP RATE.Garbage, Water, etc.: No need to compute this_these expenses can easily be added to rents.

Not too long ago, I just enrolled into a "pre-licensing" course that will begin on Monday(7-16-2015) and will also be fully dedicating my self to this field.

Thank you and yes I figure we can all benefit from each other somehow so why not create a platform to help us connect

we are currently at about 50 units but chose Appfolio as we hope to grow quickly and wanted to have a platform to allow us to grow.

I am three years out of college, have worked in CMBS in NYC for the past 2.5 years, and recently quit my job to work on a new real estate platform business.

You will learn a lot about real estate on this platform.

Needless to say I am completely sold and now slowly transitioning to dedicate to RE full time with an acquisition firm in South FL were I will be connecting investors with our acquisitions and gaining full knowledge on a daily basis. 

This isn't a 'get rich quick' type profession, it takes a lot of hard work and dedication to succeed.

if my wife wasn't so dedicated to this area, i would have headed south a long time ago myself. good luck to you.