Since we are in rent up phase in overkill mode on marketing.  

TIAI personally don't like the receipt scanning apps because I think they are overkill and they only account for half the record keeping you need to do.

Is this just overkill? 

We are using Guesty software to set our pricing adjustments for seasonal and far future vs near term, but maybe its a little overkill for MTR. 

Personally its an overkill so I would go to whoever told you to do this.

At that point, it's worth researching and finding a solution that better meets your needs.I agree with @Nathan Gesner that property management software can sometimes be overkill at first and that you likely don't need to use a full blown software at first until you get more units. 

BUT, know it's overkill for the vast majority of persons.

(Even if it feels like overkill now, the plan is to do a "lite version" of the system and build out later).Anyway, My question (for the crew here) is really  more about actual workflow.... i have my tools chosen, but despite what they all promise (efficiency) I feel like I'll be bounching from "use this to acquire a tenant", "use this to vet / quality / sign a tenant", "use this to communicate with a tenant"... 

While cool - seems like overkill of costs.

I have been interview by the criminal IRS investigators 2 times now in 5 years still nothing. these things grind quite slowly and it could turn out the money went were it was suppose to and they made bad business decisions and will just roll it up to a big bankruptcy wipe everyone out and continue on with a new business we see that all the time.. there is no debtor prison that's why we have business BK laws  .. allows one to crater the company and any debt or equity and then start all over.. kills a reputation but you don't go to prison..