I have already finished:Set for life - Scott Trench (changed my life)No and Low Money Down - Brandon Turner (my first BP book)The Book on: "Managing Rental Properties" & "Rental Property Investing"I've had my eyes on a few others and when I heard BP was having a sale on books I told my beautiful most amazing wife "now is the time to buy my Christmas gifts"!

Since it is already so late in this month, it might be easiest to wait until after next month's rent is due and then combine the outstanding balance of Nov. with Dec.

You don’t buy them Christmas gifts bake them cookies or go to their birthday parties .

To be successful, you will have to find incredible deals, so that there is enough room for another investor to purchase the contract from you, and still have margin left to hit their numbers.The easiest thing to do is to work backwards from the 3rd party investor's point of view.

This forces it to be run more like a business.People will NOT Pay whoever is easiest NOT to pay and their buddy/landlord Armando is such a nice guy (because he wants to have good relations with them) and so YOU become the one they try to short first....DO NOT LET THAT HAPPEN. 

This is the easiest way I could be an investor and landlord now (which is a goal of mine)Should I be defensive and keep things easier on my budget?  

If you don't have the 3.5% downpayment yet, perhaps you can work it out with a family member so you can receive a gift which is allowed on owner occupied properties

People often look for what is easiest, but easiest isn't always the best way to do things, nor is it always the right way to do things.My advice is for you to look for another CPA ASAP and to try to find them, BEFORE year end, as they're about to get very busy come January.

Create a Gift / Reward program, but don't condition it on the property closing.

Tracking will likely be one of the easiest of your upcoming tasks!