Keep it simple, transparent, and aligned with your long-term goals.

For the community development dept, you'll need proper plans (architect), site survey, permits, etc. when you're ready. 

If the software is not simplifying your life or making you more accurate, you shouldn't use it.Software does have extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

I would second the simple spreadsheet.

Vacation rental owners should be on all four listing sites.

Just like the BRRR that is talked about on this site.. shoot we were doing those 30 years ago.. we just called it cash out refi.. so you take someone who just brands it and folks think is some great idea that was just created..  

Quote from @Loren Souers: A simple spreadsheet would suffice.

As simple as that!

You are correct that this site is primarily for investors and I am one.

As everyone is getting for the holidays to ramp up and the new year to turn, I want to give some insight into a simple thing that me and my team have been doing to increase our ROI by about 10-15% each month.