Upfront expenses and monthly payments must be considered when calculating the return on your investment.EXAMPLEI will provide details below, but here's the short version for those who hate to read or do math.

Thanks for any information you provide!

Anyone been in a similar situation or is able to provide any insight?

A lesson learned in this process so far is that adjusting rent is important specially considering the increases in taxes when going from 4% to 6%.

Seems like there has to be options that are relatively low(er) risk and can provide a foot in to start growing funds.Here are some possible budgets and I'd love your input on how you would start out at some or each of these price points:$10K, 20K, 30K, 40K, 50K, 60K.

Focus on High-Impact Areas:Kitchens and bathrooms generally provide the best return on investment.

Correct me if I am wrong.What services is the accountant providing you and what communications are you looking for.Does the $900 already include filing of a tax return and bookkeeping?

@Allen Wu can you provide more details?

You can provide them with your cosmetic ideas for the renovation. 

I do enjoy the built in skip tracing feature (12c per skip) which lets you know if the owner is on the DNC list and also if available provides email addresses.