Avail, Apartments.com, Buildium, RentRedi, and several other platforms allow you to make leases that can be signed online electronically and also will then collect rent through their portal. 

The owner's title policy premium, title search and closing services (collectively, "Owner's Policy and Charges") shall be paid, as set forth below.

Kinda nice because now you get to be the bank and collect payment on your terms, instead of the OTAs using the guest's for their own liquidity need until they pay you out. 

I collect the first month's rent the day they move in.In my area, I am comfortable working with the existing tenant to arrange showings before they move out.

Appreciate the BP community collective!

All under one lease and you should collect rent in one payment. let them figure it how to pay. 

Pay a vagrant to collect and store the crap for 1 year and then deliver it to them wrapped up as a present.Frank

They claim they havent collected enough $$ most months to provide a payment. 

Additionally, connecting with other neighbors who are also bothered by the situation could help create a stronger collective voice to push for improvements.

Your record of this deposit (via teller slip or online transfer) will be your receipt of payment.This elimates complextity and the additional steps/rules that come with using a third party to collect rent.I get an email alert when a tenant makes a deposit, and each rent amount is unique so I know who has paid in case they don't have the teller add a memo to the payment.They can transfer funds online, or walk in to a local branch with cash, personal check, wampum, etc.