I'll bet you never imagined this when you were searching for help on real estate @Joshua Dorkin and came up with this brilliant idea.

I think it is more of a case by case basis and really depends on several things, including:The level of competency to understand and implement the system in house or outsourcedYour timeline and how much effort you're willing to put into itYour budgetYour goalsOther systems you're already using that you may want to integrate withFeatures you may requireSimplicity vs capability, sometimes there are tradeoffs between systemsetc...Depending on a combination of the above as well as many other factors, one solution might lend itself more to your situation than others. 

Excellent resource material if you are determined to spend the time and effort doing it yourself. 

Tenant Alpha has already proven a good rental pay history, and he makes enough income where he COULD afford 100% of the rent on his own without help.So I’m not sure whether or not to allow the two brothers to move in or not (or to ALLOW them to stay if they already secretly moved in without permission, which I’m not happy about)? 

If some of you want to be added as administrators on this group, that will save duplicating all the efforts that have already been spent growing this group to 300 people.Here is the link to our group.

And then make an effort to call them periodically. 

@Steve Vaughan  kind of non nonsensical post... most house sellers rely on their commissions to further there business efforts.. and feed their families.when you move into different kind of transactions I see some maneuvering with commish... 

This saves a lot of time and effort for tracking reciepts.

Oh he's brilliant.

Properly analyzing an investment is tough and takes time to learn, but it is well worth the effort.