With any business, especially investments, there are a ton of sharks out there just looking for a gullible mark to target in on.

I can't speak for other firms or using software for cost seg, but I'd assume that their fees just like ours are fully deductible as a business expense for professional services.

What happened with your pool cleaning business?

But it’s been a great business for us with minimal risk, a good return, and no need to please investors or manage employees!!!

I would equate it to managing yourself when you are not set up to manage properties.There is scalability in this...Now to play the Devils advocate if you get autopayments set-up you can always figure out how much interest was paid each year and what your payoff is so just decide how competent you are in that and be honest with yourself, there is nothing wrong in outsourcing parts of your business.

Understand that you are no longer in traditional real estate/landlord business that you are in hospitality business weather you like it or noe even if someone else is managing the property.

Most real estate agents don't understand the investor side of the business.

I won't bore you with the details of the restoration business, but I just wanted to jump in here and tell you that Xactimate is probably not what you're looking for.I do flips and rentals on the side, and I'm looking for a simple software to track those too.

Tools like knife etc if have a business use you can write off.

The costs for the LLC business will be paid with the primary business card.