For example, some brokers are as high as $26,000.Are they charging you for E & O insurance, Skyslope, a CRM?

I also like to make it a condition that the seller deliver a couple of days before closing an Estoppel Certificate from the tenant where the tenant confirms:  (a) true and accurate copy of the lease and all amendments thereto; (b) address/unit they are occupying; (c) statement that Landlord is not in default under the Lease: (d) statement that Tenant is not in default under the Lease; and (e) statement of monthly rent and remaining term.This protects the buyer in the event there has been a subsequent written or verbal amendment of the lease (that the seller does not disclose) and prevents the tenant from making statements to the buyer/new landlord that are different from the terms of the lease that was provided to the buyer from the seller.Vivian

I would recommend deciding based on these criteria:Will you get along with them and if they are a good fit for the house.Do they have the basic credit, income, and eviction history that you require.Getting Leases and admin stuff set upUse e-sign technology to get leases signed.

How disciplined are you to put the time into learning Schedule E and depreciation forms?

@James Wise my knee-jerk reaction when I read the e-mail this morning was "Huh, so your telling me it's about to get a whole lot easier to negotiate for seller contributions". 

Quote from @Montana E Manship: hello I'm new to real Estate and investing in general, here for all the knowledge I can acquire.

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It doesn't appear to offer any kind of leasing or e-signature options.

These expenses would be reported on Schedule E (Supplemental Income and Loss) of your tax return.Since you incurred these expenses before you started renting out your property, you can typically depreciate the cost of the furnishings and any improvements made to the property over their useful life.

How should the tax return capture each property separately as well as the 1099.1099 Total (example):  36,000k totalproperty 1: 10k total rentproperty 2:  20k total rentproperty3: 6k total rentThis is what we are doing and just curios as pros and cons:  We report a schedule E for each property.