You gave tenant itemized list at 5 days and have photo documentation of the items.   

These are properties publicly listed with photos, etc.

Your decades of experience have made you jaded. 

There usually aren't photos of the basements and that's were most of the big ticket issues are.

@Taylor Daschyes, we used propstream with our own custom design. not handwritten but a high quality photo.

We had a couple "we buy ugly houses" type companies come in and offer less than even the lot itself is worth. I

This is a good way to see old photos, bedroom accounts, utilities, etc.. they may also be able to help u check if it's in a flood zone.

In our experience, things move in ebbs and flows and the speed of rental depends on your asking rents relative to competition.For example, there was a period of several months at one of our properties when a 3 or 4 BR unit came on the market it rented almost instantly. 

This photo is of our first house we purchased for Sober Living in 2019 up in Marysville, WA, the town I grew up in. 

These platforms are run by techies with no investing experience.