Our first one was unoccupied as the homeowner had died so we simply took possession the day of the deed being recorded in our names.

Your calculation would probably be best above/below the Cash Flow cell, and the calculation is simply Cash Flow / Gross Rents. 

In that case, you can simply have the account at a bank or brokerage where you will have direct checkbook control.3.

If the price comes back and I can’t make the numbers work I’m going to simply pull out of the deal.

I wouldn’t simply because there’s just not enough return in your money .

I'm not 100% sure how to get on their lists but I would think attending meetups or simply going on meetupsdotcom and registering for local meetups in the area you'd like to see deals in would be a good start.

Once I go over 30 units I went to Quickbooks Cloud.I used the reports function to simply print out the itemized categories and that's what I sent to the accountant for taxes. 

I am trying to calculate how seller financing would be a benefit to a seller as well as me the buyer and a good document that simply outlines the advantages to a seller to do seller financing.Does anybody have a good spreadsheet to calculate seller financing and or a good document that outlines the advantages of seller financing for a seller? 

Simply put, I'm using a PML as a partner in this deal. 

I would not be looking at ROI, or anything like that, since you are ultimately judging whether you sell an investment to buy a primary.I would simply look at your overall cash flow position.Currently, you like your current house that you rent in HI and for example pay $2k/monthYour property in CA cash flows $300/month (again just an example)So your net is -$1,700/mo.If you sold your CA property, would your PITI be more than $1700/mo for a comparable place?