Our firm decided to integrate the two a few years back because of the constant push/pull and inconsistent advice between the two services...thus, we determined finding a strategic legal/asset protection partner, versed in our tax planning, was the correct route to go for our clientele. 

The platform is heavily supported by AI, offering insights that go beyond tenant retention, including tenant health scores, engagement analytics, maintenance efficiency, payment patterns, and property performance comparisons.RentKeep integrates with property management systems like Buildium and AppFolio, functioning as parallel software to help property managers truly understand the data behind their properties.

I have looked at software like Hospitable and it looks great except it does not integrate with Furnished Finder. 

I was incredibly saddened... if anything they should have integrated Credit Karma into Mint not the other way around. 

A few things important to our team would be a strong screening/application process, tenant and team communication capabilities, and digital key/gate access integration. 

I currently have RelayFi and love it, it has Profit First system integrated within its system. 

If he doesn't want to invest actively there are ways to passively invest in real estate with companies that are vertically integrated.

More importantly, since Salesforce is the leading CRM out there, people write apps and integrators automatically. 

One great feature that many might find useful is their integration with Latchel to help manage maintenance requests.

Columbus has ranked on the top 10 markets that outline that for the past 6 months at least. the best place to buy new builds is in higher priceopint markets but where the costs haven't gotten out of control. besides that I'd recommend working with a vertically integrated land development, real estate development, and new construction firm or design build firm who also understands market conditions.