I estimate my mortgage to be above $6k, and this will test my available income flow form my salary. 

My question: Is it weird or rude for me to go to open houses just to observe?

Do I need to obtain a real estate license to do this or any form of certificate?

Here are some screen shots of how I CUSTOMIZED QuickBooks that worked for me.

The rent is nice but I am not sure if it worth it for me any more since I am doing larger deals. 

There is to be one more "workshop" before this bill goes into law, but the hotels have put a lot of money behind this in forms of campaign contribution and lobbying.Have other cities had success in fighting this?

It didn't take long for me to figure out that if I were to retire comfortably the way I wanted I would either have to work into my 70's or I would need another source of income.

Folks can talk about leveraging and deals and that might be great for some, for me I have a great deal of peace of mind knowing I am not sweating over my mortgages.

It is hard for me to give much advice without knowing the property address, number of bedrooms and bathrooms and the approximate square footage.

I tested the top five software programs and settled on Buildium which was perfect for my needs and great for my budget.Two years later, things were flowing smoothly but I had identified a couple shortfalls with Buildium that were requiring too much time or for me to use different software.