Where I have seen AI or other tools help is with the initial data entry process, so one can spend their time analyzing and modeling the data (vs. keying in data).

So simple.Email & Marketing: How are you handling outreach, automation, and social media?

But I think it has more to do with how different individuals handle what is technically an invasion of their space and privacy.

The price point to entry here is usually $120-180k to find positive cash flowing deals.

Otherwise, I'd say watch those areas closer to Micron understanding the barrier to entry will be significantly higher in exchange for the lower risk.

Being a NYC resident (originally from Long Island), the price of entry in the area is on the higher end, so I've been considering some options in the NY Capitol region, as well as NJ and CT. 

We already paid them a pretty sizeable entry fee ($30k) to cover some of their equity and debt in another project.

That would be the lowest barrier to entry in most scenarios. 

The barrier to entry seems high, and the price-to-rent ratio isn't very favorable.

It's good the tenant is talking to you, but I suspect she's just filling you full of excuses and you're lapping them up.Cash for keys is what amateurs do when they don't know how to handle non-paying tenants.