That's excellent you are budgeting, Nate!

There will be more than 1 million people moving to Miami in the next 5 years and believe me all those condos will be rented :)@Dan Mumm If you need information on the best location and the best prices regarding condos in Miami I can help you, if you need it ASAPshoot me an email over at danetrealestate @ gmail . comI hope everybody here at Bigger Pockets has an excellent day.Danet. 

:)Im a currently in the Army and am getting ready to make an offer on a fourplex and use my VA Loan- no money down.However, I have also found a duplex that I think would be an excellent investment.I would like to go ahead and by 4plex and purchase duplex (they want 66500) for.

Hey all,There is excel and quikbooks for managing you financials however is there anybody using any iOS apps for their phone? 

We had Amica for a SFH - the price was a little higher than the cheapest but the service was excellent ( icedamm damage)

Plus, why in the world would you ever want to do this out of state when there are plenty of investable properties in your own backyard, where you can kick the tires, meet the borrower, and see the progress.To me, the benefit of fractionalizing is being able to invest with a relatively small sum of money, subject to Account Closed's excellent comment on the 10% limitation (look up CA SB 978).

Does anyone have any advice for modeling this in excel?

Thanks Guys I can see that this is excellent advice.

City but that will most likely take years and the crime reports nightly suggest this area is still suffering from gangs, murders and other bad things.North County is an excellent Sect. 8 area and I have been involved quite a bit up there.South City has good areas and bad.  

Docment, document , cdocument, inspect and take pictures to show excellent maintenance.Once you are sued, Get a good attorney.What do you mean by "erroneous lead paint cases?"