I believe the owner today does everything by mail, but I plan in incorporating COZY.co in the future to automate things better.    2.)

I'm a newbie investor and I've considered the concept of automating.

These other tools help you create and automate your workflows.  

Robots, and automation in general, may just have some very cool benefits for real estate investors.

I have helped folks set up the bill pay and it's a great option because they can automate the payments just like they would with direct deposit.  

Agreed, although most of those items can be obtained through automated methods.The past landlord, and possibly the employment verification (some information may be on a credit report) usually take the longest. 

So many online services used to automate things, and I'd have to setup multiple bank accounts with each.

The automated underwriter will look at two ratios when analyzing your DTI: your front end DTI ratio and your back end DTI ratio.Front End DTIThe front end DTI is the ratio of your new housing payment including taxes and insurance relative to the amount of income you earn.

And the other thing to consider here is how much of this factory is going to be automated.  

Home automation is going to become commonplace.