Do you use a “book” for information or an online service ?

I picked her exactly because she had a good social and online footprint!!

You can also check their reviews online at Google, Facebook, or Yelp.

There is a cumbersome way to do it on paper forms, but you should not.The only sensible way is to submit your 1099s to the IRS online, however not directly with the IRS.

My recommendation would be to get approved as a Landlord, contact the director's office and request that an inspection be completed before a tenant is selected (sometimes they will do this as long as you select a tenant within 14 days - which you want anyways), and have an online application and screening resource in place.  

I offer an online payment portal to submit rent payments via ACH or CC - they "couldn't figure out how to use it" so I set us up to accept Zelle payments.

I do SMS, cold call, mail, online, wholesalers, etc.

Networking, local meetups, door knocking, mailers, wholesalers, online forums specific to your area of interest.  

I’d love to hear about the crime rates or any other issues (which we cannot guess from the online stats), and how easy or hard it is to find reliable tenants and property management companies.

However, I've heard lots of bad experiences online with Guesty, Hostaway, Hostfully, etc. etc.