I am about to settle on an established rent-by-the-room that is within the same few blocks. 

It's basically built on top of WordPress core and they made it simple and easy to navigate.Where in wordpress, you have to get some plugins (some are also monthly paid) to achieve the same kind of functionality.As @Todd Heitner mentioned, SEO is not just about having a good hosting/platform and features, it's about utilizing the features in a way so your brand has visibility and people that come into your website gets proper value of their time spent.Here's a table comparison for you that I wrote earlier:Now whether you have a carrot or a wordpress site, for SEO, you will need:- Website Credibility (Personalisation)- On Page SEO (Keywords, Titles, Meta Tags, Description, Image ALT Tags & Optimization etc)- Monthly Content Publishing (Regular Blogs & Location Pages)- Monthly OFF Page SEO (Citations, BacklinksNow if you consider the cost, end of the day it's quite same for both the platforms.But if you are starting fresh, I see no point of having their 180$ plan, you can continue with 89$/month plan from carrot and assign someone in your team to put regular blog posts and update the location pages.

One month of vacancy will cost you $2,600 + $200 utilities.

Once you establish these relationships, deals will start coming your way effortlessly.

I have 3 accounts per property which helps me leverage APY on savings accounts, prevent funds from being comingled, and easily set up auto payments for things like mortgage payments and utilities. 

However our smaller communities are being left behind, our properties are not up to current building codes, roads & utility infrastructure are aging.

I would request they pay rent the usual way, and then you can decide whether or not you want to utilize the app in the future. 

Utilities.  

Establish what type of commercial real estate interests you most—retail, office, industrial, or multifamily—and develop a plan around that.

Do you have the connections already established?