From what I was able to find; 7 days or less is automatically schedule C, 9-30 days is dependent on what services are provided, and 30 plus days are schedule E.  

Strategic use of debt is vital, an automatic assumption that more is better in every circumstance is unwise, especially for those whose real estate investments coexist with other income, professional circumstances, retirement issues etc.We are in an unprecedented period of liquidity over the last 30-40 years.

It seemed like I was just getting a robot response or someone was copying and pasting standard replies.

Because loopnet is free and CoStar is so expensive there is no way CoStar is going to automatically input all of their listings into loopnet (similar to Redfin pulling the MLS data for example), it just wont happen.

I just find a trustworthy, competent realtor, tell them what I'm looking for and have them set me up with automatic alerts when a match hits.

. $25/mo and a ton of capabilities, like automatically texting your lead when they submit their info and auto text, email, and letter campaigns.

An ad set up on Postlets (free) will automatically be sent to Zillow, Trulia and Hotpads. 

It does a good job showing all the action your numbers receive... it can also integrate with podio for free (using the globiflow extension) and every time someone calls your number podio will automatically update and it can tag it as an absentee owner list or driving for dollars list, etc.

I'm an investor in Massachusetts and I'm curious if there's a creative way to set up the landlord/tenant account that holds the tenant's security and last months rent deposits in such a way that the annual accrued interest can be paid to the tenant automatically...As of right now I'm required to manually send a check to each one of my tenants on their year anniversary.

I have a further question, for someone who's a newbie to REI and they want to start by buying out of state, is it automatically safer to do it through a turnkey company?