Well not sure if I mentioned it before but i'm in the military and currently deployed.

Because I'm military I mainly bank online but if I were able to establish a local branch bank that was convenient to my tenants and just transfer that money to where I need it online that would be great.A lot of these problems result from being a long distance landlord and being across the country from my properties, but I'm glad I can figure out the best method of doing business now so when my portfolio gets bigger I can maximize efficiency.

The military has been a great learning experience for my family and myself.

---------------Is practicing real estate brokering with out a license, violates some closing regulations, and could violate IRS rules (Though I would think if you only don't report the income, which the only reason not to is fear of those previous items), they don't make it easy to conduct business sometimes.BTW Mr.

(I don't buy the $19k each on such a modest investment, just feels too rich and likely over(under) estimates various items.

They have a nice "virtual office" with all the forms and items you need, and a conference room if you need to meet with clients or close transactions there.http://ownerlandrealty.com/The company below is similar, but they charge a flat $300/mth total for transaction fees, whether you do zero or 10 deals/mth.http://transaction-realty.com/

Sites like redfin, zillow and any county/city tax websites are extremely good resources to evaluate sold items comps.

If you would stay 2 weeks per year the cost of the stay is $6,800 per week.Two items.

I found a little perk to having military tenants is that I have all of their commanding officers name and phone number in case anything goes wrong.

The title company and lender have both requested itemized lists of everything we've done to the property because we're netting so much after such a short amount of time.