You also don't need a BSCS or BSEE to write code, so those jobs may be going offshore soon also.Silicon Valley is going to be driven by the big guys since non-software startups are almost non-existent.  

.#4 Compile Your Prices into a Spreadsheet or Estimating SoftwareOnce you start to get a better understanding of Labor and Material costs you will want to store this data into a spreadsheet or software that you can use to help you streamline the estimating process.The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs comes with a spreadsheet that you can use to help you populate your own database of labor pricing and material pricing.

Other than that, it's fairly rudimentary and not the most useful software on the planet. 

I did a video on getting down to your NOI after that (to get to cashflow) you need to subtract your debt service and capex reserves (I subscribe to capex being 'below the line'...a good explanation here: CCIM courses on commercial real estate, and in our Real Estate Investment Analysis software, is to put the reserves below the NOI – in other words, not to treat reserves as having any effect on the Net Operating Income.This makes sense, I believe, for a number of reasons.

I plan on using the software Propstream and I have done enough research where I feel comfortable enough to start.

He started the company about 40 years ago and since then has been very successful without much tech or software.

That training can include how to find deals, strategies to get your foot in the door so you can start up a conversation with home owners, software, marketing, etc.

@Timothy LewisFirst - you will not be able to write off the whole purchase in the first year.Second - $120,000 is likely on the low end for a engineered cost segregation study but there are DIY softwares for cheaperThird - you need to determine if you would benefit from a cost segregation.You benefit = do itYou don't benefit = don't do itConsult with your tax accountant as he would know for certain.

This forum software sucks.You don't think if my lender (seller financing) calls me and says I didn't get your payment and I show him a video of me putting a check into an envelope and into the mailbox AT the post office wouldn't help to prove I mailed it?

If it's a larger company, they'll be using accounting or mangement software and the ledger will reflect that.