Basically you will have to personally find these deals via your own marketing.

We were looking for a city with a relatively stable real estate market and relatively low home values, which tend to equate to better cash flow if you choose to be a landlord.After looking at about 30 cities, we chose Pittsburgh because its economy is based more on health care and IT, which are somewhat stable compared to banking and finance, for example.Before we expanded there, we knew ... 1) median home values were nice and low at about $109k, 2) home values never went sky high, so they're not likely to fall as much, 3) the economy is pretty stable, 4) it's best to buy rentals for cash flow as opposed to the fix/resell model.After we expanded there, we learned ... 1) the # of active wholesalers in Pittsburgh is really low, 2) it's very difficult to get motivated seller leads via PPC there, and 3) we have to work harder to get members to sign up for our website there.So overall, it's a good investing climate, but there's not as much investor activity as there should be.

Then you would expense it all as a cost of good sold transaction, when the property is actually sold ...My general guideline is if I cannot come to conservative confidence with myself about what I am doing, via what I learn through Turbotax and reading IRS guidelines , then an accountant is a must ...BMR

first off, I appreciate all help.  I'm entering into my first seller finance transaction.  I'm the seller. With the potential buyer, we've verbally agreed to a purchase price, length of term for seller financing (less...

Or would it be more advantageous/cost effective to go the tradtional route of finding a turn key property via a real estate agent and then setting a team in place thereafter - property manager, handyman etc.?

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Here is how we word it in our lease:Rent payment procedure: Tenants agree to pay their rent to Progressive Properties of Greenville via the tenant website provided by landlord.

I don't have experience with QB accepting online payments, but I know for an extra fee you can send out invoices they can pay via ACH (I think) or Credit Card (although I believe Square is cheaper for CC).For 20 units, consider how much work you'd have to do to reconcile the payments (likely not much) versus what a full suite would cost you instead of just having tenant run direct deposit or employ a different company/system apart from your PM program.

Maybe refi within one year via a portfolio lender

Even better would be to build up your reserves and hard money relationships and sell via mls after closing.