A growing income stream is worth more--so I'd like to see growth so that there is a path to profit. 

You'll lose rent while property is vacant, and you'll probably have to do more repairs to attract a new tenant than you would to keep the current tenant.Is all that worth requiring a tenant to use one specific payment platform?

It is important to remember that a solid agent is not just opening doors for you, their biggest value would be in the negotiations and right now, buyers have a real advantage if one knows how to go about it.

Is it primarily about commission opportunities, or are there other ways we could make this worth your while?

So, if that is important to your next steps, it's certainly worth considering. 

I will try and remember to come back and update what I find out in a week or two of testing out both platforms.

But is that worth the money?

It might be worth calling to see if it's a good fit for your investment goals.

You have to do the math to see if it's worth the effort.

I remember spending entire weekends crunching numbers, gathering receipts from random shoeboxes and backtracking through countless transactions in my bank account.