I may be able to provide you some helpful contacts, etc.  

The bank protects you by disbursing payments to the contractor ONLY when certain milestones in the project have been reached.If you're looking to pay for the rehab out of pocket AND want to manage the project yourself, J Scott's books provide a great manual.

Things I've got down to minimal effort or fully automated: * Rent, security deposit, and fee collection* Basic accounting and tax packet creation* Listing vacancies* Lease signing* Applications, credit, and background checksThings I'm still dealing with directly ad-hoc or don't have a well defined process or solution in place for:* Requests and communication with tenants* Finding and coordinating service providers for maintenance and repair work* Scheduling showings and getting prospective tenants to make their appointments* Tenant turnover for move in and out* Keeping up with legal changes and lease template updates* Setting rent amounts* Lease enforcement - tenants are responsible for things like yardwork, routinely get letters from the city about weeds / tall grass, etc.Questions for the group:* What am I missing if I were to make out a checklist of an "automated property"?

Is it because you makes lots of money and want to invest the money into a relatively secure asset that will appreciate, pays you dividend and provide tax benefit?

Any advice you can provide would be greatly appreciated! 

Additionally, they should be using a lead generation and tracking software programs so that details can be seen of where leads are coming from and at what stage they are lost. 

At the end of the day, I am dedicated to providing a wonderful life for my kiddo and I hope that this career might be that resource.

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So your buyers would need you to provide financing.When we moved this home it cost about $10k, that was a few years ago.

If you can provide a little more information about why it is your calling leads dead?