I have plenty of time on my days off and evenings to take classes, and learn, read, educate myself, etc.

Hello all,My mother-in-law has two houses (one SFH, one two-family) that she owns and I'm about to take over the day to day managing of them, and I wanted to get people's advice and input regarding software for bookkeeping purposes.Through my accountant, I can get a discounted rate on Quickbooks Online Pro for $20 a month, and that's locked in for life.It looks like QBO is not geared specifically towards landlords and rental properties, but is more generic for any kind of small business, although I do see plenty of people giving it good reviews.Of course every product claims to be the best, but I'm curious to get other people's opinion on both QBO and any other software out there that they use.Thanks.

We are real estate consultants.Hopefully this is of some help...there are of course plenty of brokers who are looking out for only their interests, but I'd argue that the most successful brokers are those who genuinely care about providing value to their clients regardless of their personal gains.

Best of luck tho I don't think you'll need it as you have plenty of time to prepare yourself. 

When we visited the property the second day it was 70 degrees inside, the HVAC guy assured us over a period of 3 visits through the week that "the house is plenty warm inside".  

There are plenty of properties across all values. 

And another question while I'm posting...Let's say I own a $250,000 home, nice luxury cars, and have plenty of money in the bank.

There should be plenty people willing to sell their vacant land, since most likely they bought it as an investment hoping to make a lot of money only to find out that it's hardly worth what they paid for it several years ago.Another way to find vacant land is tax auctions.

I have seen plenty of burned out homes in person that were fine in the Google street view.

The sad thing is with technology, none of this really even hard to do.I have had plenty of problems as a landlord including tenants leaving a property in bad condition.