My first tip would be not to stage, but actually create some social capital to make it effortless to move in and call home.

Depends on how busy you are - for a few extra thousand you can hire a top notch crew - get the job done effortlessly and move on especially if you have a high cost of funds.

Having a system that does the follow up of notifications systematically and effortlessly is paramount.Happy Hunting

Why put up with renter’s headaches and unnecessary stress when you can profit effortlessly?

I am saying if I (me) had a choice between mailing letters to LLC  or sit back relax and watch my leads stream in effortlessly from my website, I choose the latter.If it works for you it works.

But I've heard realtors say to me, you can just blow out this wall, just do this and that, blah blah, as if you can do it effortlessly or without expense.  

But I think we all have that goal in mind -- at least us buy-and-holders do.BUT, Real Estate Investing is not an effortless, riskless, idiot-proof endeavor. 

Nine times out of ten, your best and most effortless ROI on any SFR is going to come from minimal turnover and vacancies with a stable tenant who keeps the place reasonably clean and tells you promptly when stuff goes wrong, but doesn't demand immediate fixes. 

When I ran RAndy's Bar in Seoul from 2009-2014 I was struck by how successful the bar became almost effortlessly.

But we still get ten threads a week in the Bigger Pockets forums on the most effortless way to collect rent that tenants are seemingly falling over themselves to pay, and maybe a thread every six months that comes even close to skirting the truth, that we all chase rent and we all have to be more than a bit flexible, because THAT IS THE NATURE OF THE BEAST.