Tenant A paid entire security deposit on Avail platform, using ACH.

You also must factor in the head ache factor of owning rentals.

Or is it best to stick with ACH of some sort?

ACH is freeTakes about 5-7 days for the funds to hit your bank accountExcelI use an excel spreadsheet to track my check register.

We pay something like $60/month for just under 40 units, and there are no ACH fees charged to collect rent from all those tenants and it is direct deposited the next day after they pay (even though the ACH doesn't actually 'officially' settle for about 4 days (they advance it to  you at no charge).  

I don't know how that works but they won't like a new guy muscling in on them... are you dealing with out of state owners that don't have property management?

I also know how to fix old cars so I helped a different investor put an engine in his muscle car.

using a primary as your piggy bank while it can work it can also lead to some heart ache.. and I think there are new tax rules that address debt above basis not sure though on that one..  

We use Buildium property management sofware which gives us multiple options-- we offer ach but do not accept paper checks, we'll take credit cards, and we'll take cash via paynearme where tenants can pay at walmart, cvs, walgreens, 7-11 stores and a few other retail locationsFor advertising, I set up my own zillow account because the Buildium sydication takes longer to post and will not allow me to make on-the-fly changes.

There's Avail, Innago, Tenantcloud, Stessa, Azibo, Rentredi, and more all with easy-to-use platforms that are worth your time and money to use.We at Azibo are excited to be one of the only offerings that don't charge for ACH rent collection and have a strong rental accounting offering to provide you with reports.