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.

In the latter two areas you can even do some STR, not with tourists but visiting nurses, etc.

My initial thoughts were to do a free survey site and send it to the resident and then if it generates a 4 or 5 star create a zap with zapier to automatically send an email or text to leave a google review as well?

“Even if the property managers on site want to work with the people, they have somebody else looking at their numbers, saying, ‘Why is this person still here?’”

Tampa is a fantastic market, and being on-site will give you invaluable insights into both the renovation process and the local real estate landscape.Having your real estate license is a huge advantage, especially in a competitive market.

If latter, it would end up more expensive because if B&O taxes as well.I am wondering if anyone else here has gone thru this journey and can help with some of these basic bootstrapping questions. 

Hello Hunter, does your local MLS not allow you to syndicate your rental listing to all those site? 

Hi Tony:The best way to handle is to visit the city planning department which zoning is usually part of to see if a variance is granted, and examine the plans filed.

Look on the California State Contractors Board site at the various options.

Don’t leave anything to chance—guide the visitor to do what you want, which is to click YOUR ad and leave their details on YOUR SITE.