Often when you are moving all that stuff is stuck in a box somewhere, and it's nice to have the basics at your fingertips.

Also finding a broker that provides you with leads may work well for you, the broker will take a large cut but you reduce the time spent finding leads.

Also if you are looking for perm financing I spent 5 years working at BOFI which is headquartered in la Jolla so can probably introduce you to some of the better reps there as well.  

@Anthony Chara I love creative financing solutions- I work in commercial finance and we do out of the box deals all the time.

In my defense I spent most of my "impressionable" years growing up in Tucson, AZ.

The parcels are mostly rural vacant land.Our software is in three separate modules 1) Manage the inbound acquisition inquires (CRMish) and the acquisition process. 2) During that time engineering completes maps and other graphics and files to get it ready to sell.3) Then sale and then post sale payment management.Do any of you folks use an out of the box program that brings you into the 21st century?

I spent a few months this time last year looking for another investment property in Tacoma, from out-of-state, and couldn't make the #'s work.

There are definitely a few benefits to keeping them separate, and potentially legal implications depending on where you invest:Opening a separate account for security deposits will ensure that there's no chance of them being spent - this is the one that might be legally required as well.Keeping a separate "operating account", even if you're not a business, can absolutely help you keep the two sides of your finances apart and more accurately track income vs. expenses and the reserve level that you have for the properties.Theoretically, if you're using a very detailed budgeting/outflow tracking application or scheme, you could make the operating account unnecessary...but it's a very small action that will help you simplify things greatly, especially around tax time.

I see the blank market discount box on mine and wondering if this is what it is for.

We paid a lot of attention and spent a great deal of energy to the tenant screening process and I feel like I've saved myself much headache.