My family owns a nice lot, about 1 acre, along the major highway in my area (Southeast Iowa).In the future, I plan to split the lot and build two new homes.

The guy that I was originally going to hire as my new property manager for future tenants has offered to do a mortgage assumption.

Keep this letter just in case you will want to sell in the future if you do not want to sell right now.I hope this letter was not too much of a bother.

@Rupa NairWelcome to BP, and congratulations on making the decision to invest in your future via real estate.I have written a few blog posts that may help you get started here on BP, and with your investing.

From what I've seen it's rare that the original builder would over-design a system for a home unless the original homeowner planed to expand in the future.  

Growing marijuana seems to be a lucrative endeavor in CA these days.

Looking to purchase my first multi - family in the future.

If it makes sense I'll evaluate using docusign in the future though. 

it seems most use Excel....Personally the last few years i have been extremely hands off on my rentals, i have all my rentals managed professionally and have had so little problems that i can go an entire year without hearing from them and print out my tax info for tax season....Since im actually studying to invest in real estate better and make better ROI, i am looking to setup tracking on my properties so i can understand my numbers better and predict things in the future...I was curious if someone would share an example of how they are tracking their properties and expenses so i can format my own correctly from the start. 

Yes, Milwaukee is a segregated city and has had tensions for decades, but it is like any large city, each neighborhood needs to be looked at to see where the development is occurring and where it will be going in the future.