Last time I called into Buildium support with an accounting question 3-4 years ago the rep commented that customers rarely use their software to do the accounting (at least in their experience and she was surprised I had figured it out or something like that)  Just self taught myself though some journal entries for last year with sales, 1031 exchanges, etc are screwing me up - so I need the accountants help to enter them.If you've never used Buildium's accounting features or any other PM software accounting features please do not respond. 

@Christina Traffanstedt seller financing is always an amazing option and you would be surprised how many properties are owned free and clear.

I would not be surprised if I ended up getting slightly less.

Surprised to see cracked granite when tenant reported it . do you think it can happen as part of wear and tear ? 

I'm surprised that technology hasn't expedited the turnaround time...What about the paperwork submissions of the client, isn't it more easier, efficient to submit, securely of course, online? 

Hi @Anthony Asciutto and @John Meirose,I've had a surprising amount of interest in this topic.

If you are an investor and you want a clean and easy experience, invest in San Francisco or New York City where you will have to pay 1 million dollars, you will yield 3-4%, you will subject yourself to tremendous speculation and unfavorable landlord tenant laws but you will have a clean and easy experience (and even then you would be surprised when you get hit with a 7K maintenance issue which will essentially wipe out your whole return!). 

In a perfect world, you should be allocating some cash for repairs/maintenance/vacancies and capex in order not to have any surprises when something breaks.

It also gives you an opportunity to check out the property and notice other problems early on instead of having a surprise when the tenant moves out or calls with a problem which has been building up for months.

Ive been pleasantly surprised how well this works.