Main floor and bedrooms only need new paint, all floors on main and 2nd floor are solid hard wood and in excellent condition.  

-if you can get references of roofs that he’s done that are a couple years old (talk to those customers and you can get an idea as to how they have held up for a couple seasons)- See if he can throw in a manufacturers warranty GAF has an excellent warranty program that might be valuable if you have any issues down the road

Ideally having the servicing notes is an excellent research tool.

Excel is no longer scalable for us and we are looking for a platform that will allow us to put in forecasts for the properties and ideally pull data in from an accounting system to report.  

He'd be an excellent person to chat with. 

Good morning my most excellent BP members.

It's probably better both financially and psychologically to have the unit sit empty for a little longer while screening for an excellent tenant than to place a bad one in it.As for legalities, I cannot really comment on what is legal in your area as I am not licensed there nor am I an attorney.

I’m a newbie fallow the 1% rule, I practice couple prop ties with my excel calculator and was wondering if I was doing something wrong when cash flow was negative.

@Dick Stevens, that is really an excellent idea and something I will definitely look into doing!

Additionally, if you prefer a face to face I know an Excellent CPA in the LA area who works with a lot of investors.Good luck in your search!