Originally posted by @Lauren Kormylo:This book : https://store.biggerpockets.co...Excellent book.

I'd rather have an excellent tenant in there, than a mediocre one at a little higher rent. 

My performance reviews, particularly since I have moved over to finance, have been excellent. 

I have used excel spreadsheets to manage my budget for for primary and 3 investment properties. 

Thank you everyone for your excellent answers.

I have been using excel for my accounting for 6 years.

I do this and I try to structure it in a way that is simple and streamlined in accomplishing the goals of my partners and that is usually accomplished by running the numbers before the purchase with excellent, setting everyone's expectations on the returns they should expect, and then having a promissory note, lien, or Joint Venture agreement in place and running full speed ahead!  

Professional software allows tax pros to import hundreds or even thousands of assets from an excel template. 

I've been visiting BP for 3 or so years now and have been very impressed with how the majority of my inquiries had already been addressed within other discussion boards or within the excellent blog posts. 

My excel sheet and yours are actually almost the same.