@Justin Wawrzyniak the easiest and most effective way to manage your rentals like a pro is to start using a property management software that will automate most of your tasks. 

Problem with Zillow is they have this annoying "1-click reply" where people can just click on your ad without reading it and you get an automated message "Joe is interested in your apartment at 123 Main St."

Automate your marketing.

He advises to setup an automated system which forces transfers from a main checking account into various buckets for emergency accounts, savings, roth ira's, etc.

I'd personally create a STR PM company and automate it myself and you would be making a killing if you are in the San Diego market.

Looking for a long-term, serious partnerships where I would provide CMAs, could show properties, submit reasonable offers and provide automated searches. 

Hi Dirghayu,CMBS is a more complex borrowing instrument than a typical loan.

I would like to automate as much as I can.

I'm interested in starting a direct mail and or ppc campaign that i can start to drive leads and get in front of sellers but i'm not sure how or what. there is so much out there and i'd like it to be as automated as possible. listsource and yellow letters?

@Jacob Kline, i do not use carrot, but it would be the same idea. my guess is the better branded the site the higher the conversion. as in people are more likely to fill out the lead form on something like iwanttobuyyourhomenow.com compared to abcdefg.com. we have our leads tied to Podio, this along with some other tools, automatically sends out texts, automated calls and emails.