First, it was difficult for lenders to identify which of their loans were being sold subject to as county recording information  was  not easily accessible.

I realize this post is 2 years old but someone may have the same question.I use Microsoft One Note for Desktops, it's free and stores your notes in notebooks with tags that are easily searchable for reference later.I have notebooks for Note Investing, Real Estate Investing, Information Technology, and Digital Marketing.Usually, something that I'm studying falls into one of those categories and each notebook has subcategories. 

If they are professional, they can explain this quickly and easily.

@Greg Friedman if you weren't moving abroad and were going to be within an hour of the property - you could easily DIY manage it.Otherwise, you will need either family & friends or a PMC to handle:1) Emergency maintenance issues2) Tenant nonpayment issues (eviction)3) Showings & maintenance when the property is vacant4) Preventive maintenance issues5) RentReady repairs between tenants

In my opinion and through observation, most people who have children prefer to live in the surrounding counties because of the school systems, while still not great, but easily better than Albany's schools.

How can I better automate my lease agreement being sent out, information filled in, and then easily signed by the guest?

You can easily do this on a spreadsheet, and it will take less time to track than finding and learning new software.

After a while messing around with ChatGPT, you'll find that you can pickup on its writing style and can easily pick out who uses it for social media posts and emails.

I use excel and the county websites to easily lookup properties. 

I am not able to easily locate the owners name, but if I could, I would gladly get ahold of them.