Going through and checking the other properties on the market manually is a great practice every so often. 

You are not required to get an EIN as a sole proprietor, but it is best practice.  

SEO (of course).SEO gives you an infinite ROI because the leads are (practically) free.Not only are the leads (practically) free, they are also the best possible quality leads any marketing venue can provide.Thirdly, you only start to spend effort on these leads AFTER you know they are motivated and want to sell (to YOU).

If your end goal is to learn how to analyze deals, then I found it very helpful to do practice deals over and over again in a notebook that I had kept. 

We are creating an LLC, and I wanted to find out if anyone has done this (an LLC with people who aren't familiar with each other) and could recommend some best practices for forming the group and any essential language for our operating agreement. 

Having tenants take care over unit's own garbage are good in theory but a horrible nightmare in practice.

In practice, the effect of tax savings is usually not included because it can be complicated to calculate.- IRR (Internal Rate of Return) can be used to measure the net return generated by ALL FOUR sources (i.e.

Is there any good practices you could suggest?

Looking at real estate practically from that lens what happens to the real value of borrowers debt?  

In my state, the coursework could not be done on line.Real Estate Express was still recommended for their exam prep which consisted of a series of on line exams to practice.