I quickly reviewed the other post and responded to a great piece of advise I had yet considered.

Or should I buy then maybe do some quick rehab and flip it? 

If you're just starting out, invest in Quick Books, and get your accountant or another investor to provide you a template that works for the type of real estate you are doing.That should hold you until you start to really rock, at which time I recommend Buildium. 

Of course you want them busy working on the property and not busy updating you on activities...but a quick call, email, fax, text, video chat can work. 

Thanks for stopping by, Joshua*Edit - I had to make a quick edit to make sure I didn't break any of the rules.

It’s just trying to find a buyer quick enough.

Choice questions can trip up a fake landlord pretty quickly.

I can coordinate CL-100 lettersI can coordiante many repair estimates based off measurements I take during the inspection and provide those to a variety of differnt contractors I deal with, without having to schedule them on-site.My reports come with a repair request tool for agents that really looks good, quick and easy to use In my reports I put into perspective the how severe an item found is or isn’t in attempts to aid in keeping the buyer from freaking out. 

It is an all evening affair with an open bar and some free food but it runs out quick.

We bought our first home (already at a good price - owners were very motivated to sell quick) in Kailua in late 2016 with a loan from my parents for the down payment and have done a lot of improvements already which has upped our equity quite a bit, so at this point, we are waiting for at the very least the 2-year mark as well as a few other improvements before we sell again, and we are hoping we will make a pretty good profit, pay my parents off, and have leftover to move on to the next property.