You can also do this online, but harder to build trust.

So, you'd want to go into it knowing you were going to: go all out to beat your competition, have a distinctive property, stand out online, and have your return compensate you for the headache of running a little hospitality business.Does that help? 

Unfortunately, I don't think it's realistic that you will find a generic commercial lease online that checks all the compliance boxes for your state, city, and county.There are limited service property managers that will do retail tenant placement (rather than full property management, which it seems like would be overkill for this one commercial unit you manage), and this would be included as part of that basket of services.You could also hire a lawyer, but I think that property management company will be more cost effective. 

So, at this point, based on your experience can I serve them a Notice to Vacate next if they don't pay or do I start afresh with another Notice to Pay or going for either one (Notice to Pay/Vacate) is my choice?

I use Quickbooks online for the formal accounting so it's easy for my tax guy to get in there and do his piece every year, since I have an LLC per building.

What factors are influencing these choices?

Since you mentioned investing out of state, I'm assuming you're asking about getting a partner online, or at least not a friend/acquaintance.

Do you believe online accounting services like 1800 Accountant are good for the owner of a Real Estate LLC?

People will hear podcasts online about how a 25 year old investor bought 65 billion properties in one week and think that they have to do the same thing. 

ONLINE PRIVATE LISTINGSIf homeowners are looking to sell without a real estate agent, they’re likely on social media.