Automated payments mean fewer late payments, and trust me, that’s a huge relief when you’re managing a rental.6.

Tenant portals, online rent payment systems, and automated communication channels process large amounts of personal data.

Realistically, though, at bare minimum you should have enough money to subscribe to pop-streams, run your facebook ads, make cold calls, have CRM software, some money to invest into automations and etc.

(Perhaps starting out with a little contrition and modesty would help prevent the zuckerberg effect.)Trying to automate property management via a start up/app/web/tech approach is laughable.

Automating your savings and investments helps too, ensuring that you're saving consistently without having to think about it every time.

Name:- Dean (aka GOGS...it's an Air Force thing, ask me about it in person lol)Area of Expertise:- Systems & Technology Implementation, Automation, AI, etc.

Got an automated voice mailbox and the mailbox is full.

For instance I had a special case where I billed the tenant an extra expense monthly on top of the automated rent collection, so I add it as an expense and it would automatically email them and notify me when it was late of course.

I spend about 20-30 min a week for each home, the rest is completely automated to give you a bench mark. 

10% is probably a little steep, and like John said, a flat fee may be more reasonable.Setting up a proper STR is not cheap, but once you are set up properly, you deal with routine breakage.I recommend managing yourself and saving the 20% personally, getting a rockstar cleaning team and a reliable handy person, using something like Hospitable that can help automate messaging when listing, and reading the book from the bookstore here called Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth.