The demands of your current job and work/time commute daily with a young baby will factor in as well.Is there a 4 plex close by where you live in one of the units and rent out the other 3 ?

On the other hand I do participate in all tenant and some vendor selection determinations, and tour the properties daily (at least a drive by), that are within driving distance.

I drive through Medfield daily on my commute to work and love the area.

The best way to do this is considering your personal position is either by having direct relationship with someone who knows how to find motivated sellers or to buy from a reputable wholeseller and not one who daisy chains other peoples deals.I dedicate to RE on a daily basis and I am glad to help.

Is there a tool we can use that will help us track our daily activities to keep us accountable to that daily activity? 

Other benefits include daily logs which also can include weather for the day and personal notes such as progress or changes.

Gita, yes, EXCEL has the potential to get corrupted easily but I am very familiar with it as I intimately use it on a daily basis. 

I'm totally with you for determining daily bite sized efforts to make into habits to keep you moving towards your goals!

So the difference is recalculating simple interest daily or monthly. 

I've dealt with insurance companies for a decade and a half daily as a part of my career in restoration work but... no trailer experience involving claims in all those years.