Perform the same task in each app to ensure a fair comparison.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.Run a credit/screening report on yourself.Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.Enter charges to the tenant's ledger.Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.Sign documents electronically.Run owner reports.After testing a few apps, one should clearly stand out.

I am fairly new to investing and my wife and I are looking at buying our second property.  

The FHA househack strategy is fairly common and pretty straight forward, a lot of people have been using this and/or the conventional househack (myself included) so have been on both sides of the table. 

If they are VERY professional, they will have their processes in writing as verification that policies are enforced equally and fairly by their entire staff.6.

If you are just starting, I would think on a leveraged purchase, $200 a month in todays market, that is assuming the home is fully renovated and capex items are fairly new.

As long as you treat things with a level of fairness it will work out. 

But lately have had a hard time finding anything to BRRR or even with enough skin to flip.

He's a major hard money lender in town and has a fairly simple process to get quick funding.

Yes, the market here right now has been really tough, and trying to sell your properties to other investors with section 8 tenants will likely be fairly problematic at this current time.

As you can imagine, it drastically cuts down on the amount of water use when the tenants have skin in the game.