I held it together until the last day because I wanted to hear the punch line and sure enough for only $24,000 (a good down payment for a deal by the way) they will lead me to my financial freedom.I wasn’t feeling it but I did like the software they used and figured if I had access to that I could figure it all out.

I'm a software project manager that envisions this as my escape from the 9-5.

And then from there decide for yourself how you'd like to proceed (prop. manager vs landlord software). 

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You can also buy lists from companies like list source and there are some REI software companies that have a cash buyer search feature.Some of best ways to find motivated sellers is to purchase lists from companies like listsource and or compile lists from city and county like 60-90-120 days late on mortgage, pre-foreclosure, delinquent taxes, water cutoff, code violation, probate, divorce, etc.

As you scale up PM software will make sense.

I did consider this, but I chose to hand it to my VA because I felt that setting everything up from scratch would cause her to become very familiar with its capabilities and the possibilities of the software.

To help with investing or managing, what would be a software feature / tool you wish we had?

Not sure if you're using a property manager or not but it could be worth considering a shot at a software solution built for DIY landlords (1 - 15 units) to bring some sense of automation to the rental management process, in turn, making things much much easier.

What apps/programs-software do you guys suggest?