Accessing money from the stock market is expensive, whereas you can access the money from your real estate by collecting rent, cashing out equity, a line of credit, selling and investing in multiple properties, etc.I have a relative who has over $2 million in the stock market.

Are you looking to buy for your own account to hold and collect payments for the long term?

Allows you avoid a significant vacancy spike & cash flow hit, all the while you gradually grow NRI rent collections over 12-36 months. 

(If so they will require you to submit forms every year until you sell so they can collect their state income tax on top of any state income tax where you buy.)

My uneducated two cents:There are no rules stating that you can't foreclose on active duty military, just that you have to get a court order to foreclose, under SCRA.An unrecorded quitclaim is still valid but not recording it opens the parties up to challenges and is not advisable.In some states, collecting rent while a property is in foreclosure, may be frowned upon.I'd stop getting advice from the "investors" you've been talking to.

I want to be able to send and receive customized docs and signatures in a secure and simple way for remote onboarding of tenants without ever having to wait for the mail or printing out multiple copies again.Currently using Baselane for banking, rent collection, and bookkeeping but it falls short on the tenant record features at the moment. 

If it's a good tenant, and you are collecting market rent (which is a lot for a SFR in SB) this sounds like a pretty small job to cover to keep them happy.

Can you keep it rented and collect?

But the management team was okay with sending out repair men like it's free, and failing to collect rents on time and making excuses. 

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with zero or negative relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560, little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.