There are a lot of great options out there; aside from providing the basics (ie. listing tool to get the property published to 10+ major sites, scheduling tool to schedule viewings, tenant screening with comprehensive applications which include nationwide criminal background checks + credit checks + eviction history, digital lease creation tool, rent collection tool, and maintenance tracking tool), some services also offer your tenants additional capabilities which makes it an easier sell on your end when getting them to transition over (ie. all of the other tools in addition to their ability to report on-time rent payments to the credit bureaus; this can create an added incentive for making sure they pay that rent on time).

"Realty 411" is another one that is published by Linda Pliagas and while it is a marketing magazine, the articles are written by professional writers and the topics are usually good."

Pros:- Guaranteed rent direct deposited to your checking account each month by the U.S. government (and they are never late)- HUD publishes the fair market rent increases every year so you can ask the section 8 office for an increase in rent and as long as it is within reason, it is normally granted. - It is hard to find landlords that accept vouchers (in my city the waitlist alone is 200+ families) so people are more likely going to want to avoid getting evicted once they find a home.

I began reading books published by BiggerPockets, which made me enthusiastic to be involved in the forums. 

This is not simply missing the target - this is total lack of awareness of a target.And I am just trying to wrap my head around how it is that on BP today, when seemingly literally 5% of all conversations revolve around house hacking, when Scott published his book and I published mine - how is it that such total lack of awareness of the basis of the concept can happen...All people have to do is READ.

I hired a company to handle the publishing in the required business journals.

Gambling/poker sites can easily be rigged for the users unless the code is published on a blockchain I would not trust it.

The virtual assistance would be responsible for but not limited to the following:1) Lead management , prospective investors and buyers. 2) Setup and management of leads in CRM3) Generate daily task list for follow ups 4) Manage listing on various social media sites, various real estate sites and MLS 5) Keep all document upto date in Google drive6) Create flyer for listings 7) Assist in contractual paper work for properties ( offer generation, contracts , amendments etc)8) publish weekly action itemsI will greatly appreciate any pointer on this.

Real Estate: All education you will need can be found on the forums, however the books that are published from BP are great resources.

The next ad was from a publisher pushing a book that DOW 20,000 was a sure thing and we had to buy this book to cash in (ummm...buy S&P 500 Index?).