I was thinking of using a digital spreadsheet, and uploading it to a dropbox account (or something similar) so I can access it anywhere or in case my computer/laptop goes down. 

I have water heaters in my dallas rentals ranging from 6-22yrs in age, with most in double digits.

This puts it as a digital record and is admissible if anything were to be needed in the future.

before 2007, i bet any $ most of the guys on here were factoring in appreciation on their rentals. now, the tides have turned and they have turned ultraconservative. btw, j scott said there was no way we were going to see a double digit appreciation for a "long time" and it happened 2 years ago. not saying anybody can predicte the future but still...anyway, if you can't factor in appreciation then that's the least of our concerns...cuz none of us will have any jobs. :)

In my case, an assessment increase costs two digits so it's really not worth my time.

Meantime, you may get to average a double digit return for your CASH deposit, but it looks to me like your BORROWED money won't really be generating any/much more than its costs, right?

Since real estate transactions are unique by nature, this means human beings moving paper (in digital form, but still manual processing).Direct ownership of real property is not static. 

SMSs are sent from a 5 digit short code instead of a phone number like mine (clearly some kind of mass marketing instead of a personal request to talk about your home), pricing is monthly instead of per text like mine, you are limited in how many texts you can send, etc. 

I moved here from Pasadena, and while the lifestyle is pretty different, I really dig it.  

@L'aura Bradford welcome to the site.Rental property & coffee table books......I dig it.