I am a graduate of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology as a Computer Engineer working from home as a NoSQL database developer although most of my career has been spent as an automation and systems engineer.I am a new player in the real estate game having started the marathon just 2 years ago when I attended a Guru real estate seminar.

Not everything in the world lends itself to automation - and this is Exhibit #1.

It is perfect for small and medium facilities and they even have an inhouse call center so that you can fully automate your facility. 

If I remember right it does cost them something, even to just run a quick automated search.Unless they know you, you've brought them plenty of business, and they think you have a reasonable chance of selling the probably you plan to buy.One alternative is to take a class on how to run title searches yourself.https://www.timios.com/ has been known to be investor friendly. 

Thanks@Stone Jin I plan to self manage for the first year to learn as much as possible and figure out how to best automate but as I add additional units, I may outsource portions. 

There has to be an automated way to accomplish this. 

There's a blog post of that feature on my site.What the tool is not, is an automated valuation like the Zestimate or Redfin estimate, so when used as such, your mileage will vary.

FHA requirements for owner-occupancy state "At least one borrower must occupy the property within 60 days of signing the security instrument and intend to continue occupancy for at least one year".Not sure what your exit strategy is, but keep in mind you need to season the title 6 months before you can cash-out refinance into a conventional loan and use the higher ARV.

Welders, pipefitters, electricians, boilermakers, instrumentation, insulators, iron workers, crane crews, pipeline crews, scaffold builders plus their management.Find a niche and exploit it.

Some of the PROS include:- Speed of the payment (Zelle is nearly instantaneous)- Most are free (both Cozy and Zelle are free)- Not having to pickup checks or deal with excuses about checks getting lost in the mail - Not having to go to the bank/ATM to deposit checks or money orders- Not having to worry about bounced (NSF) checks- Payments can be automated so tenants and/or landlords don’t have to do anything after initially setting it up (the payment will just automatically transfer on the chosen day of the month each month)On the other hand, some of the CONS include:- Speed of the payment (This was also listed as a pro, but I wanted to point out that with some of the services - like Cozy - it can take a while for the landlord to receive the payment.