Understanding your top priorities can help in determining whether Stessa, Baselane, or another tool might best fit your needs.If you're comfortable with apartments.co for rent collection but want higher yields on your cash (this is me reading between the lines) you could have the transfers go into a high yield business account like BlueVine 1.5% interest or something like CapitalOne 3.9%.

I have seen some properties on MLS that I contact my realtor and they may know right away the reason it isn't selling from showing it previously, or they can review the realtor comments that aren't viewable by the public on MLS.Other potential reasons I have seen properties listed on MLS for a long time. 1) Some investors may not be comfortable inheriting existing tenants.2) It may be it is a class C neighborhood. 3) Structural issues.

However, if you seem similar listings in your area and they're requiring tenants put utilities in their name, then you should feel more comfortable doing so.

Like most service industries, there is nothing more important than the human touch as that is what people relate to and feel comfortable with.

You can grow that account to what ever you are comfortable with.  

Ultimately, it's up to you and your personal comfort.

Using Tools Like BiggerPockets:BiggerPockets has great "premium" calculators, but if you're comfortable with spreadsheets, you can create your own analysis template.

Market might be competitive but there is angles to stand out depending on what you are comfortable and able to handle, such as waiving an appraisal contingency, limitng inspection rights and time frames, closing time frames, allowing seller to stay-post closing, taking on difficult tenants, buying properties that might need repairs, etc.

Just make sure to research your local rental market and get comfortable estimating rehab costs.It’s a smart plan, and you’re off to a great start.

What about tenants that don't have smart phones or  aren't comfortable using mobile apps?