Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

Two questions...1) About to bring a STR online in the next two weeks and am looking for some advice as this will be my first STR. 2) Specifics on the current STR cost seg. tax benefit?

I checked public records and online sites that says the houspe has two bedrooms, one bathroom, and is 1,008 square feet.

Rental increases tapered off with much of the covid inventory coming online. 

I typically buy at online auctions so can someone break this down step by step or correct my steps? 

So much can be done online, and while you DO need to be reachable by your guests, you do NOT have to be reachable within 90 seconds, so don't feel hostage to some unreasonable standard of communication. 

There are softwares listed there for online rental applications, tenant screening, marketing, and more!

Hey @Erin Babnik, I agree with the Excel recommendation.I love to suggest QuickBooks Online for bookkeeping for REIs (that's what all of our Clients are on) but if you only have 1 property and are looking to keep this as simple as possible the clear winner is Excel.Best of luck!

Having new “strangers” move in regularly is not ideal especially for SFH LTR renters.  

I have been debating this for a couple of months and have found conflicting recommendations online.