I tried one time a few years ago seeing if I could initiate some kind of ACH transfer, but the banks I talked to laughed and said they would not give this access to a small vendor, like plenty of big companies have.   

I would encourage anyone that is new to investing to do the following:1 - Become a Mentee (working with an experienced Mentor will save you a lot time, money and heart ache.)2 - Become a dedicated student of the business for life.

The tenant claimed allergy problems, but frankly it's like saying I should pay for all tenants' allergy medicine if there is a bunch of flowers next door to the building.

@Scott Steffek I live in Hawaii where I don't deal with tenants or head aches.

Only thing to add is have all repeating expenses on ACH automatic payments.

I think they all are going take a couple days to deposit the money in your account because it ACH checking and I don't think they have any control over that.

I don't know how hands on you're wanting to be but a good rule of thumb when dealing with labor is the less you pay the more head aches you'll have.

The only time I took a bank account number was when I setup auto draft for rent, and they did it by filling out an ACH form.

@Matthew Crawford If you only want to collect payment, use QBO they have a free ACH for landlords.

My goal with real estate is not to quit my job (I love my career in medicine and plan on sticking with it), but rather to supplement my income.