I wonder if anyone has data on turnover versus whether utilities are paid for or not. 

I've been reading alot about how it's better to finance versus paying cash for an investment property.  

You get diversity for a low entry point but managing multiple sets of PM's and remote investing can be very challenging.You find more professional companies for the management of larger assets but that takes a lot more money to invest.A lot of my clients are out of state or overseas even but they are buying commercial assets in the millions to tens of millions of dollars for size.So you would need to analyze what funds you have to invest versus your goals to see what avenues might be good to look at.

I got a business account for the simple reason of allowing my tenants to write checks to a business name versus my name.When managing myself, my card simply said Property Manager and my first name... they didn't need to know I was also the owner.  

Do a cash-out refi after the seasoning period when the lender will base the LTV off of appraised value versus purchase price.  

When that happens you will need reserves for TI's and leasing commissions to fill the space again.If a property is at 80 to 85% occupancy and the market vacancy is 7% then vacancy is already accounted for.That is why I like 85 to 90% occupancy versus 100% as it is already underwritten with vacancy and some upside.

Not really sure what the attorney would be doing versus the title company. 

I know I can use multiple accounts with the program but was confused about the advice to use two management accounts for all of the different properties (one for rents/expenses and the other for security deposits) versus doing two accounts for each property/ownership entity.

If you use comps, how do you compare the value of two dissimilar properties like single family home versus a 4 unit quad?

Hi Westin,So you are a new agent that is an investor by your profile.It's hard to give insight without knowing what your goal is.On your business card it would make a difference for a call to action with an investor versus a regular home buyer etc.