Quote from @Eric Carlstrom: Quote from @John Underwood: Quote from @Eric Carlstrom: @Garrett Brown I hadn’t considered bookkeeping software or dynamic price software.

That is all well and good, though you don't save any money using their software.  

Some great tips I have learned over the years:  bump every property liability coverage from 300k to 1M. 

. - PRO TIP: many builders lose their license then create new company in name of wife or other relative/friend.2) Check Better Business Bureau, but don't assume all the complaints are legit. - If there area MANY, then that is a problem.

You'll need good contact info for them to be able to collect, and ideally the new address for the tenant however which if you don't have can probably be found easily with some online sleuthing/ contacting their employer, skip tracing software, etc. 

I'm definitely up for some tips!

"His" software I found interesting, but I don't believe he developed it.

I just want to make it work as renting the house will allow me to still save some money.Anyone have similar experience or any tips would be greatly appreciated.

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