I am a Cash Buyer , Entrepreneur. 

You have to pay taxes on all the reclaimed depreciation when you sell, and it will likely be for a higher amount than if you had simply paid taxes on the income from the rentals as you received it.Check the government's instruction booklet for depreciation.

I disagree on putting the rent in order to escrow because if the landlord instruction was to send it to a certain address, then he can consider rent not receive and the court will agree and yes the tenant can break the lease or cause problems, and the tenant needs to think about it is it worth having a bad mark on my credit for the next seven years.

This raises some serious concerns for me as to the level of understanding that most people have of the economy and RE market even realtors and entrepreneurs .Matty,I thought you where joking about that!

Would you suggest classroom instruction versus on-line?

My Top 10 Books (Out of the 56 I Read) for 201722 Books to Make You Better at Investing, Business & Life20 Books All Entrepreneurs Should Read in 2017 - Inc.comBooks by Ken McElroyBooks by Garrett SuttonBooks by Tom WheelwrightBooks by Darren Weeks And if still hungry for more: Greatest Miracle in the World by Og Mandino How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie Think and Chow Rich by Napolean Hill The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren E-Myth Revisited by Michael E.

Always, pretty much been a go get it person and I knew being an entrepreneur was the only way I'd eventually become completely happy. 

The instructions on how to do this is free in most States.In closing, up front cash for funding is usually a Red Flag. 

So I am a new entrepreneur.

Check your state's proper service instructions.