@Jimmy O'Connor, I grew up in the Philly area, but have lived overseas for the past 15-20 years. 

It reminded me of the environment I grew up in Inglewood (90302) in the 80's.

I grew up on a septic all my childhood in the northwest (live in texas now) and we never had ours serviced.

Also, I grew up in Rutland.

I grew up in Boston, MA.

Thanks Hi John, I am an agent in Cincy and grew up here my whole life, will be househacking in the coming months.

Use an online storage such as google drive, apple drive, dropbox to save your receipts / invoices.Use excel or an accounting software such as quickbooks, stessa or xero to help categorize your expenses.Choosing a market - I would pick an area that you are familiar with, such as an area you live in now, an area you grew up in or went to school at.Best of luck.

I also self-prepare my partnership returns for my LLC , my 1120s for my S-corp and all the k-1s.Before I grew so much, I wish I had run things by a competent CPA like @Brandon Hall.  

I currently live on the east coast but grew up in the Panhandle.

I have a degree in engineering, a BS in business, certifications (and experience) in project management and I grew up in a family that had a construction company that I worked for as a teenager through college.