I can do that gradually which is a great opportunity as the land is mine, there is no time pressure, loan, etc, and I could eventually have a stellar home with the B&B down the hill, renting 5 rooms.  

Raise to market rents right away or gradually raise to market rents.

I'd have to agree with Ryan and say it might be something to consider to lend to an investor for a percentage of interest on the capital you lend and gradually move up to equity partners on a few properties here and there once a good relationship is established.

At first it was OK, but later on they gradually tightened the rules where they have to approve renters.

I currently have no credit but I am gradually building it.. so buying a fixer upper would be hard for me unless there was another way around it...Please let me know.!

I will need to start slow and gradually progress.

Doesint everyone gradually end up in larger units anyways?

Rather than try to immediately raise their rent we will give them some time before we gradually bring it up.

Then, each year the rentals give off more cash than profits because of depreciation - all normal stuff.But here's what I don't understand: if the partners withdraw all the cashflow each year, then each of their tax basis will gradually go down (because they are withdrawing more in distributions than their share of the profits due to depreciation). 

They accordingly focus on developing/improving their online product and gradually start neglecting the desktop product.In my earlier response, I said QuickBooks was not your only option.