.- open a business checking under the LLC- open a savings to hold the deposits- open a CC under the LLC (Amex blue business 2% cashback on all purchases up to 50k, then 1% cashback on the rest, Very unlikely I'll be spending over 50k a year on just the one property)After further research it looks like everbank actually does offer 5.1% HYSA and business checking accounts with no monthly fees.

I know Brandon Turner said we could on those webinars he used to do 5 years ago - you somehow start netting $250 a month in month 1 miraculously - and that's actually not how it works. 

Now the contractor is telling me that the actual cost for project is $117K.

You can end this by showing them an actual utility bill.

I’ve seen a lot of rave reviews, but wondering how much everyone is actually doing.

Each house needed some improvements, so I offered zero down as my cash would be improving the units and his security of the promissory note/mortgage.He accepted as this is the 1st time in 7 years that he's actually putting money in his pocket each month.BTW, I resold each individual property on terms using a wrap around mortgage (which the seller is aware of and approved) at 7% interest to other landlords.

However, ideally if we started both with the understanding that collaborations and building the right team in conjunction for planning for our larger future and objectives we'd get to the "freedom" that we are all actually chasing via RE that much faster. 

Quick books will kill you and give you zero value, negative actually.   

I actually thought about getting some stock pantry drawers and placing those in the closet.

If the mortgage on the condo costs you $2750 and you can get half that from a roommate, you guys have the ability to stay somewhere you actually desire, and you're only footing half the bill but getting all the benefits.