@Andy BaumanYou may want to do some of the following to help you keep yourself more organized.1) Create a separate bank account for business related functions.

I would love to have a system that seamlessly does the rental cycle from start to finish, has a tenant portal for payments, and has a good report generation functionality.

Character is not a function of credit score.

Everything needs to be functional for the 2-3 days that they are there and if something breaks it needs to be fixed immediately.

I think there are much better, more concise books about the subject, but like a quote in this book states, "Between two products equal in price, function and quality, the better looking will outsell the other."

Nothing needs to be expensive - expensive buys you style and ultra-ultra-light gear but you can get 99% of the function at wal-mart or homemade and substituted gear.

Rent reduction seems to be common, but is more a function of supply and demand.

I've always considered less than a 3BR to be functional obsolescence.

As a function of the foreclosure suit, the lender essentially proclaims a legal right to the property greater than the borrower and unknown tenants.

We would replace our outsourced property management functions with an inside group.