Starting small with house hacking, SFR, or STR, and balancing with a full-time job involves automation and early system building.

I don't have to visit my properties much because I have a team in place for each thing, systems in place to make most tasks automated (cleaning scheduling, guest communications, etc.), and emergency systems in place for when an emergency occurs.

I'm already using RentRedi to screen tenants, receive rent, deliver messages, but I wanted to know if anyone had any suggestions on either a software or virtual assistant type platform that helps them automate maintenance requests...

Quote from @Muhammad Zaheer: Set Up a Simple Spreadsheet or Use Property Management SoftwareA spreadsheet (like Excel or Google Sheets) is straightforward for beginners and lets you customize categories for income and expenses.Alternatively, property management software (like Stessa, Buildium, or AppFolio) automates tracking and provides detailed reports, which can be helpful as your portfolio grows.2.

Being an engineer, I am wondering if there are areas[deal analysis,  underwriting,  acquisition, financing, or investment/funding)  where some automation (intelligent insight, reasoning, and decision support) can help you grow the business. 

I think a good thing about this company is how they value each home using automated software which is very very very objective in my view.

It notifies me when a rent is due and it also emails automated reminders to my tenant.

Is it time to bite the bullet and join the world of Automation?

And if you haven’t already you can start putting systems in place to help automate the process of management.

For example:Tenant ManagementLease Automation & E-SignaturesOnline Rent PaymentsTenant ScreeningMaintenance Request TrackingMarket Vacant PropertiesIncome & Expense Tracking (Do you use QuickBooks and want to continue, or does your current PMS have its own solution?)