This extra money helps defer the cost of doing business (ie - Buildium, cell phone, driving to the properties for showings, cell phone, etc.)

Recent article in the Rental Housing Journal for the metro area of Portland/Vancouver talked about this.

I think you both have my cell number, but if not just hit me up with PM and I'll send it over :D  They are strong buyers and specifically want product in this area.  

This is where I put all my expenses for technology, utilities (cell phone), training, licenses, etc...these expenses can't be tied directly to a specific property.

This article came out this weekend in the Indianapolis Business Journal.   

I had an agent who kept her cell phone by her side for the couple weeks I was learning with them. 

If he's warm I'll keep talking to him once a week, if he's hot I want to talk to him and his wife about doing a lease to ownI leave behind a landlord basic form letter with the lease to own articles attached from Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine, realtor.com

Especially since so many people have cell phones as their primary phones these days. 

Philly Business Journal (regional), and Morethanthecurve.com (conshohockens/Plymouth/Whitemarsh) are other publications worth reading for insights.

Both Forbes magazine and the Wall Street Journal said we were in the top #2 nationally for cash flow investing.