I'm totally new at this, and this is not what I expected in the first few months of ownership. 

I have been studying for the past six months by reading books and listening to podcasts, and exploring the site's flow and insights. 

I’m also in Buffalo and would suggest you come check out our monthly meetups, second Wednesday of the month, downtown at Pearl Street Grill. 6pm.

The locks and keypads have been very reliable overall, with the batteries in each lock lasting about 4 months with pretty active use, and handling some pretty extreme cold weather. 

We are just wrapping up on the rehab and plan to rent it out in about a month.  

I looked at GPS tracking, but they need batteries changed frequently, and a monthly fee to be paid like a cell phone bill, any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Place a trash can next to the bus stop and see how full it is after a week or a month.

For example, if they are only using it 6 months of the year, maybe account for it being rented 50% of the time they are not using it, so about 3 months of the year.

I also have a local bookkeeper, QBO, Bill.com & generate owner statements in OwnerRez.We currently have 23 properties under management and am utilizing trust accounting to the best of my abilities (although we are not required to in our state) but everything is really inefficient when it comes time to do monthly reconciliation and distributions.

You would put up a down payment and the rate wouldn't be as good, but it would only be for a few months until the project was completed, then you could re-fi with the VA 100% LTV benefit with a better rate, and you probably would be getting more cash back then you put in, assuming the property value appreciated more than the costs of the renovation.This would also mean you could get more bids to actually compare with and pick the best one.