Research local laws and regulations, build a team, and stay flexible as the real estate market changes.Good luck!

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

Unfortunately we bought it at an auction and cannot rent it out so we fixed it up and are selling it, but with this slow market thought of taking out a refi in order to move onto my next project.

I admire your willingness to take some steps and recognize that buying multiple properties and even markets is smart.

My overall goal is to sell houses to learn the market and eventually start investing.

I would get with a lawyer who knows this state, market, and your house.

When I click on "90 Days", it shows me the houses that have been on the market for a MAX of 90 days or less.

They plan to put it on the market within the next few months.

Plus most hard money lenders will require a fair market appraisal.If you plan to rent, you already have that documentation plus the appraisal will provide estimated rents.

Conventional lending has 2 reasons they want a borrowers loan to be ___% less than estimated market value.