I own a small landscape company and have been doing it for around 25 years now and also am a certified home inspector for close to 5 years. 

We have a renter who has been paying rent via electronic payment every two weeks on the same day as his paycheck.

Another option would to get your tenants set up on some type of electronic payment system.

A large percentage of checks are now cleared electronically. 

Also, in the spreadsheet, do you generally see or recommend having groups of property by life for the year placed in service, for example 27.5 year row for the residence in year 1, 5 year row for a dishwasher and fridge in year 1, and 15 year row for landscaping?  

After working for over 35 years as a registered landscape architect/urban design in nationally recognized multi-displine firms, and master planning residential and mixed-use communities around the world, I decided now is the time to add Real Estate Services as an expertise to my portfolio of experiences.

Just now finishing up cleaning up the new property with new roll up doors, landscaping,  and some paint.  

Which basically pays for maintenance of exterior of property, landscaping and a pool (this is a 70 unit condo complex). 

I try to file most things electronically, but ofter there is paper and it has to go somewhere. 

Set to close Oct 31st, here are the details (I am sure I will leave out a lot of details but this is the basics):Purchase Price: 53.5kRehab Cost: 13.5k (paint, carpet, redone hardwoods, new cabinets, tiled bath and shower, new light fixtures, garage door, new deck, new windows etc etc...this number includes re taxes as well ) I saved some money by doing a lot of the work myself..some painting, demo work, landscaping, etc.