We were using Guesty lite for awhile, but when we established our direct booking site we were required to upgrade to Guesty Pro which was just way to expensive for us with just two properties at the moment.

Check out the map on our website where we’ve made this all easy to follow.We can also share numerous examples of properties & portfolios we’ve assisted investors with!

You should go to the inspection physically, but your property manager should handle most of the on site stuff. 8-12% for PM.

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

Well this is exactly how all commercial brokers work.. first and foremost market to their client list  second let their office colleagues know about the listing  third put it on coast star or one of the commercial sites  fourth put it on mls is they are a member. :)There are provision for seller to list and instruct their agent not to put their home on MLS .having owned 3 brokerages over the years there i always an agent or two that l only double ends their deals if they can.

I slightly overestimated the rents we could get (I'd asked around & estimated based on Zillow & other listing sites, etc) and slightly underestimated repair costs (some hidden expenses popped up), but luckily I had built enough margin into the purchase price that it still ended up being profitable, just less so than anticipated.

New investor here, just learned of this site .

Are there any sites or companies that can send out direct mail for a good price?

Check sites like:Redfin Data Center (free market trends by zip)Zillow ResearchCity-Data.comNeighborhoodScout (free and paid)HUD.gov for rental fair market ratesU.S.

They seem designed to handle tasks like:Answering market/property questions 24/7,Recommend users relevant listings based on their criteria.Identifying potential leads and gathering basic contact information.The promise seems to be twofold: delivering faster, more personalized value to site visitors and automating some of the initial lead capture/qualification process for brokerages.What are your initial reactions to this?