Capturing just 0.2% of that market equates to $36K (my high-end target of revenue). 

I own a construction company and would manage them and manage maintenance myself, and likely even rent a unit to myself to keep it simple (I’ve been a resident manager before too).

You can usually find some events by doing a simple google search.What are you looking to achieve through real estate?

Typically most of the money (especially in this market) comes though purchasing a property in need of reno from a buyer not willing to put in the work/cash to reno, and then doing the work to reno it to capture that latent value.By buying a house that's already reno'd and ready to rent, you're missing out on a big portion of the potential equity-building potential of that investment, since the two big ways you build equity are through either reno or the housing market just moving up.

I’ve been looking for a simple to use solution for this as well.

I'd try to keep it simple.

Yes small claims court would be the next step which should be a simple process since she already admitted she owed you.

Key management is simple....all of your properties should be keyed to a master key system. 

Usually it is rather simple without the need for any tax information.

@Luke Bricca  I am or was a GC and can see about 20k coming into a simple remodeling project.