The very basics would be getting your furniture and shopping list together, keyless entry like Schlage (with backup lockbox with physical key very close as well), looking into insurance, local taxes for STRs, and moreAlot of ways to save time and make it easier to self manage with a property management software like Hospitable and data research like AirDNA.

(high five) I work from home in the Tech industry as a software Product Manager. 

I added a new software platform, got rid of all abandoned vehicles, raised rents, seal-coated and striped parking lot, took out loads and loads of trash, got the phone number working and started marketing to local community groups.

@Tyler Koller, we use QBO for all of our Clients but I don't recommend it as a PM software (since it's not that).

.: Quote from @Marc Bowman: A lot of our software users in the Gatlinburg area have reported that the Fire Marshall is stepping up and enforcing things that perhaps they didn't in the past.

I'm looking for an asset management software for OWNERS, not a property manager software.

Quote from @Fakaradin Floyd: Hey everyone, I'm a 24 year old Software engineer that's always wanted to get into real estate, I graduated college about a year and a half ago and wanted to hit the ground running when graduated.

I suspect a decent VA could access public records and build a mainling list for you  or check Property Radar and see if there software will do that for you..

Here are some things to consider:Most investors don't need software until they have 5-10 rentals.

Because see, they've got a script & the software to tell them how to respond to tenants & owners, what the cost of a repair or appropriate vacancy rate should be, etc... see where this is going?