But having dome HELOCs with different banks, I can say some will do a full appraisal with interior, some will do a drive-by, and some will do a desktop automated valuation.

(both meters are made by Assured Automation.)

I'm still a little miffed (it would help if I could get through to an officer at the Bureau, rather than the unhelpful automated voice machine).

Can anyone recommend software or system to automate putting in offers on properties?

As long as you don't "LITTER" an area (Don't put a sign on every telephone pole out there) you should be ok.

Increasingly complex jobs will become automated.

I guess I don’t understand how to automate a relationship base business.

My schtick was Drive Control Automation...loved it but the politics etc drove me crazy.I called it quits @ 49 only because we had accumulated a good stable of quality properties.I love RE & the constant challenges.

The big difference is that I'm going to be renting out the house that my family currently lives in when we move into our new house this fall so I have lots of time to research prices.To get a handle on the rental prices in my area, I've worked with RE agent to set up some automated searches on MRIS and ListingBook to return comparable rentals (on the market and recently rented).

If I knew enough about what I was buying, I would also be working on automation/procedures as well as attending the local REIA and interviewing contractors.