I would go back to your original listing and review the photographs and ask yourself the following questions: are there enough photos, are they professional quality or taken by your agent with their smart phone, are they staged well, were the photos taken at the best time of day, are they recent and current to the season you are in, have you included any photos to showcase the lifestyle and community, are the photos representative of reality?

As for payments, if you have a bigger bank they usually do some sort of check capture on a smart phone for deposits, so you can take rent payments as check/money order, link your phone number to zelle and they can deposit it straight into there.

If you download the google voice app on your smart phone and configure it, you can then make calls from that number using the app.  

Before the age of smart phones...

It might be that I was working from my smartphone.

Of course, I'm talking about the brand new site redesign that has taken over your monitors and smartphones.

Then you pull out your smartphone of choice and record video of the tenant's actions which could be helpful for you down the line (or not if you engage in unscrupulous tactics).Maybe you could insert a clause in your leases for the future that assigns fiscal responsibility to the tenant in the event that they prevent you from completing needed repairs in a timely manner.

If you have a smart phone, I would recommend you subscribe to the BP podcasts found under the learn drop down menu at the top of this page.

You might want to meet me at Joe's  Squares Pizza on North Avenue, I have an art show up at this time; all sales go to charity, The Smile Train. www.auctions.investorsunited.comI may be able to give you some ideas on investing since I have been playing this crazy real estate game now for about 40 years.Real estate and the business of real estate is the greatest business in the world.No need for inventory.The government gives you lots of perksYou can make a million dollars with almost no moneyNo employeesThere are hundreds of thousands of sellers who want out of their real estate in the USYou have great tools (more than I had when I started 48 years ago)The internet, faxes, cell phone (both dumb and smart phones), real estate agents who will work all day for nothing until they sell something, MLSOh!

-also remember, there are apps for your smartphone to scan your signatures to pdf(and easily email), and many, many other useful electronic tools to simplify your remote transactions...thanks,Jimmy