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.

Have you ever heard of a Landlord being sued by a Tenant and losing property?

Having cash reserves gave me the confidence to move quickly on a great deal without losing sleep over unexpected expenses.

There are training sessions you can sign up for on the site, these are live with no recording of the sessions. 

Therefore, I try to find a more user friendly web site that can distill the above into something that is readable.  

It's a lot easier purchasing a site that's ran as a "company" because they have systems in place, they have to, and those can be transferred with staff keeping operations in tact.

Sure it can work for some but it is an uphill battle and like @Travis Timmons said, you are losing out on appreciation...the Holy Grail...I would just start buying property, some may work as STR, some may not....but they all should work as LTR.

I also recommend signing up and paying for a site called rank breeze.

Airbnb should have this information as well as other sites via google search

All three properties have positive cash flow - not a lot, but I am not losing money.