Could you imagine if the attractive young family on a DIY show entered a home and went right past the farms sink to look under the basin. 

Hi Jim,So you know what you need to do, but bounce around all day....Does that get it done, or are you doing other things like watching Bonanza on YouTube all day.If it's getting done, then you'll only need to make some small changes (if at all).If something like the Cartwright's on YouTube, Hoss, Adam, Ben and Little Joe are wasting your "DAY" time...then you have a motivational issue to overcome.But lets put it in Simple Terms here, You are the "New Hire" on this job, and the Boss simply gave a project to complete--a big one, and no direction as to HOW to do it.Everyone works differently.

The TSP advice is great by the way, I would mention the book "The Simple Path to Wealth" being that you're still young and the compounding power of money and time can only work for you at this point. 

My issue is, I have not found a simple way to record the breakdown of the rent into these categories.

It seems simple, but they can screw it up easy

So the double booking issue was actually a result of poor practices on my part and a simple fix.

I know over simplification: nothing is simple. 

These are the the highest ROI and most DIY friendly "moves" you can make.Good luck!

I'd keep it simple here:1.

Lauren,Thank you for your input yea I am seeing something similar at the moment basically homes I could scoop up for 500k and resale for 620k but between the rehab required and loan costs it leaves razor thin margins even with a simple 25k rehab doing work myself in SD I lose money on this due to closing costs alone.