@Brian HorwitzSorry for your pain.

Inevitable but painful.  

Sam and I often talk about how we wish that these REI lessons weren't always so painful REI is not for the faint of heart but it is an awesome adventure!

Of course this is going back 20 years so there's been some updates in technology, but the process was painfully slow on draws and often incomplete.

I added value, fixed a couple of her pain points (rodents, leaky roof), and then got her to sign a 2-year lease, the first 12 months at $1,040 and the last 12 months at $1,200.

Their draw process is a bit of a pain, so I would just say plan extra time around when you want/need draws.

As I reside in the Denver area, I am considering a couple of options.  I want to get started NOW, but I perceive this local market to be difficult to find properties amenable to good numbers, so I am considering looki...

I now work with clients as spiritual director and psychotherapist (in training), using my own pain an suffering to hopefully help lead others deeply into their own and transform it into something beautiful.

Complete your first, second, & third deal then start to worry yourself about systems, automation and scalability.Once you complete your first deals you will have a better idea of your business pain points, and what needs to be automated or outsourced to help you scale your business.

Details in the fine print do matter, for instance a typically large and padded, profitable expense for HVAC companies is their crazy markups on their refrigerant, and there's a max of 1lb of charge that would be covered under the HVAC portion of the plan.Our biggest pain points given where we are (7 rentals currently) has been finding competent and trustworthy people in the HVAC and plumbing fields.