In my experience, the good ones are expensive, typically require a subscription, and sometimes they even do a physical inspection of your premises to verify it is a legitimate person / business in US.

Second main point: Avantstay has excellent systems to find guests who will treat property and neighborhood responsibly.

@Rolayne Taylor Starting with one rental in 2019 is an excellent foundation!

Affordable markets in growth regions, like the Midwest or Southeast, provide excellent opportunities for ROI while minimizing upfront investment.

Both are excellent platforms which save people immense amount of work and tme by compiling all the critical data you need in 1 place but there leads are way behind the county recorders/courts/notices i.e the source of most motivated seller leads.

You've received excellent advise from others here.

Seller financing would be an excellent way of purchasing a small hotel/motel, but you'll need at least 25% down.

As far as benefit to the seller goes, @Matthew Paul I think you are probably right on the money and regardless of whether they would have preferred to stay in this house rather than move, it is likely providing them some excellent cash flow; and I'd be hard-pressed to come up with a deal that serves both parties better than the current situation. 

That is all we use it for.Negatives are we still use home made Excel spreadsheets for business expense management. 

Excellent...but you have to know where to invest.