First thought that comes to mind is a sprinkler fire suppression system.

@Mindy Jensen is the Queen of this strategy having done it 9 times. 

Keep in mind, I have little bookkeeping or accounting experience other than what I've learned through my real estate business.  

@Mindi Rosser It's called The Real Estate Nerds Podcast, and we have 12 episodes launching on September first.

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@Ashish Acharya comes to mind.  I

Here is a blog post that Mindy Jensen wrote about the benefits and costs of getting your license.

Anticipate that.I always try to save tenancies first and proceed with that in mind. I

Another item to keep in mind is that, in many states, in addition to the "homestead protection" mentioned above, most types of retirement accounts are also protected in lawsuits. 

@Ilmar Molderg i live in houston and invest in CT and manage everything myself. however i certainly respect that you want a manager and also someone to find and calculate deals. to be honest, yes you’re sort of right that someone may just keep the deals for themselves. i guess what comes to mind is that you need to find a really good agent that is familiar with investments and also a really good wholesaler. both of those people are fully capable of running numbers for you and helping you like you’ve described. i invest in the central CT area but may be able to refer someone to you.