I came out of the deal with 15k in equity but in the process I ran into a lot of unforseen issues that resulted in me maxing out my credit cards just to obtain the occupancy permit and to start prepping the house for resale.  

Within a couple of houses distance there are three 2-unit condos just being completed, a $500k brand new SFR that just went on the market and this is just the short list of what is happening.Within the next 2 years I would expect to see this building scraped and condos built on it.

It syncs up with all of our credit cards, auto loans, mortgage, and banks.

Yellow letters, professional letters, zip letters, text postcards, pictorial/full color postcards, greeting cards...etc, will all appeal to different people. 

The landlord pays for the reports by credit card and collects the fee from the tenant.

I have seen many investors that I network in Houston that main focus is creating the business cards, websites, attending classes, going to networking events and they complain they have not close a deal in months or even a year, and the reason is that they are focusing in the wrong activities.Best Regards Hector Perez

Savings is important - 6 months of living plus expenses to start up your business (licensing, MLS fees, professional orgs, E&O insurance, basic materials like business cards and signs, plus marketing you plan to do) seems a reasonable estimate.  

I'll also have one "managing" account still that I'll use occasionally for things like my employees and credit-card things... and I'll just reconcile as needed.  

If you don't have reserves this could mean taking on credit card debt, thus starting a downward spiral of high interest debt that can become impossible to climb out of without selling your house. 

By international, I mean no green card, no citizenship, no rights to work in the USA, and no social security number.