Now my primary contact, Dave Sherman, is saying that I need to deal with Bruce Wuollet on the matter (as apparently they aren't sharing information with each other). 

I work full time and have partnered with others in DFW on assignment of contract deals for a few years now.

Website traffic, time spent on site.

Would appreciate any feedback on those who have faced a similar issue.

So typically depreciation and expensing of costs usually happen on the placed in service date.

If you're planning on purchasing out of state in a high yield market, just be prepared to lose money on the 1st purchase.

Conducting tenant reference checks is crucial for ensuring you find high-quality tenants who respect your property and pay rent on time.

Based on your post and your questions, it sounds like you are at the very beginning of your journey so you have to ask yourself, why do you want invest in real estate?

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

@Michael Ludwig Others have defined it perfectly but I’ll use an example based on your St Cloud location for the 1% rule.