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Hi Justin,Congratulations on your decision to enter the real estate investing world.

That would enter the active business arena.

Initially when we started the depreciation on the rented unit, the preparer entered a figure of about 90k, (I paid 185k for the entire property) and put it at 100% of business use.

The only way I have found to do it is with the use of option contracts.It is generally a fall back position for me as I wrote in this thread: http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/93/topics/70322But when using one, I stipulate clearly that once a buyer is found, the parties will enter into a standard contract, which get's my name out of it.

Only a tiny percentage of the leads that enter the wide end of that funnel come out of the tip and actually generate any dollars.

You can get quicken to manage rent reminders, you just have to delete the one it enters from the tenant screen and add a new one manually from the manage reminders page.

I learned that you don't ever, ever ever, enter into a partnership with someone else's knowledge and your money.

When we entered the project we were projecting a $290k exit.

I ask them to bring a photo ID to enter the property upon showing.