On condos & apartments they have to be hardwired and much stricter guidelines on where and how many.Curious what the landlords opinions are on the battery operated ones. 

Power of BiggerPockets!!

S & P Paydex works just like FICO, but for business.If you can convince buyers to do this, more power to you.  

Just accounting is a small part but pair that up with alternate asset investing strategies a(aka real estate one example) and you become much more powerful than just a simple CPA.I do my own accounting using as much technology as it's available, and I find it very easy.

That is not the proper way to raise that number to the power of 12 mathematically.

I know of one non-traditional bank in Atlanta, they offer 50% financing at pretty reasonable rates, you need to show up at least once to their offices to sign some paperwork, they used to offer loans to investors who use power of attorneys, but no more.I am from California originally and moved to Israel over 4 years ago.

The missing piece, which if you find it, could take you from a dreamer who isn't taken seriously on here, to reality where you are cashing checks.The missing piece is "Holding Power"- How can an investor hold on to a property in this "target" area without going broke before it happens?

It was in South Australia, Flinders Ranges 1963. 5 acres to feed one head until we drilled for water as droughts could last for several years.Because of the geo-thermals the water would come out of the ground warm enough to shower in & you had to remove the hard water scale from the shower head constantly.The windmills would pump the water & also generate the power to charge our household batteries for power.

So, given this litigious society where plaintiff lawyers are always looking for targets and people sue for almost everything, the benefits of limited liability protection from a limited liability company are so powerful. . . especially given the low costs to form and ease of maintenance.

JD,In my experiance its always best to do a little of everything, reading is free, knowledge is power, and being self tought gives you plenty of experiance.