The "smart home" electronics would often be shared with other remote control items and useful security measures such as turning lights on and off even when your aren't home or seeing who's at your front door.

You can collect rents electronically, and stop in at the property once a year or however often you feel comfortable as long as its agreed upon in the lease agreement. 

Most PMC software is set up for electronic rent payments by tenants that automatically updates rent ledgers. 

This is paired with automated prorating of rent and electronic payment setup. 

The work done was related to: _____________ .Final payment, in full, will be sent via US mail or electronic means.

My HELOC lender does not allow electronic payments just checks, but because my contractors generally want straight cash or else electronic payment, I usually cash the checks myself and then send the payments electronically (which is not great from the perspective of my HELOC transaction history, since it looks like I was sending the money to myself only).Please help!

Hi BiggerPockets, I'm an EE or ECE (Electrical Engineer or Electrical Computer Engineer) with a background in computers and electronics, as well as some software such as C++, Python, MATLAB.I've dabbled with software such AutoCAD for drafting in 2D, not in 3D yet, though.Subscribed to IEEE Magazine, Electrical Contractor Magazine, for both electronics and contracting know how.How to best get my career in real estate started to make passive income?

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.

If you do install any Cadet heaters though, for the love of god please pair them with the manual knob-style thermostats - the Cadet electronic programmable thermostats are maybe the single worst product I've purchased in my renovating life, and were replaced almost immediately after installing them.Doors and Trim. 

If the software is not simplifying your life or making you more accurate, you shouldn't use it.Software does have 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.