Charge Starbucks, charge gas, charge food, then put the money on the side and when the bill comes in pay it off in full. 

The investors that I work with find that they have less risk in a property that all the items are new. 

He had to refinance some of his properties to pay for roofs and other large capex items and after 35 years he can't retire, he has very little equity.

For example some items during the rehab might need to be brought up to code, completely replaced or might break from other rehab going on due to old age.

You must know your state's l/t laws to stay out of trouble on this: If no one claims the property within the required timeframe, the landlord may be allowed to sell, donate, or dispose of the items, following local laws (e.g., holding a public sale in some states).Cleaning and Re-renting: Once the lease is terminated and belongings are removed, the landlord can clean and prepare the unit for a new tenant.

SE east of the river is largely a food desert.

There are likely other TC's that are doing well and big volume, but if you are just wanting to understand what are good tools to use to handle template communications and such....then I'd 1 up the dotloop item listed above, a project management system like trello or something would be great and then you'll likely want a crm if your don't already. 

The PM side of accounting and the investor side of accounting.Owner Held should not be part of the Net Income.The numbers in "Other Items" has a delta of $900 so not sure what is going on there. 

I do have a few questions as we start out.1) Most important item is to protect our Primary residence.

You missed an important item: Depending on how a person does #1 or #2, it could get them: A fast-pass to the "Principles Office" for "bullying" and now there sitting in "detention"....