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.

Legal and ethical issues arise frequently, and are commonly encountered in certain fields such as medicine, healthcare and politics.

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).  

Goes to show that you shouldn't assume someone is smart because they have a graduate degree, and do not assume that everyone in "high paying" professions such as law, medicine, etc, is high income.

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. 

The guy that owners or used to own the SpringField REIA the aches a class on short term rentals.  

We offer 4 different payment methods to our tenants: Online ACH via our PM software (no charge) Deposit @ our bank ($3 charge) Credit Card ($5 + cc fees) Mail ($10 charge)Notice we charge a fee for the less desirable options to encourage the behavior we want:)