Thanks for the excellent advice, everyone!

And I want it to be excellent.

But she knows and said im an excellent tennant and friend.

Get excellent credit. 

Building those "muscles" of being investor take time but don't be discouraged as everyone's ramp up time is different.If you are truly lost then perhaps the best use of your time might be in finding an excellent property manager to handle everything on your behalf for at least a year.

My initial thought is to generate an excel doc to capture, organize, and automate this process, but hoping there are more sophisticated options available. 

They must also develop credibility and trust to attract capital to fund future deals, as well as, educate and nature others about their product offerings.

I had no idea BP had all of those handy excel modeling tools uploaded by users.

He used that line on me in a thread awhile back, as if being a RE mentor increases your credibility in a political argument.

Excellent point...Thank you for correcting my info, Anthony, and sorry to Casey for giving out bad info!