Construction costs are $180k and there are identical units built on the same street that appraised at $220k.

Send me a document to sign, and I can sign Donald Trump or John Doe.The only legal way I know is to use digital certificates that have been issued to you with an authentication entity and that you have sole custody and control over the secret key.The docusign or other equivalent application never verified your identity and never gave you sole control of your keys. 

You should have seen my previous 25 posts on identical threads cogently answering this same question asked in the same way.

@Gabriel StarrHistorical returns on market and real estate are almost identical.

At a minimum, sell and buy an identical house. 

So, perhaps I could live with the mortgage being directly in my name, if my identity isn't really protected all that much anyway.

Yes, it allows you to verify identity and then share a code so the applicant can view the home on their own.

The 5 minute Landlord intro videos on each site are identical. 

I will likely have significant competition because all these units in my neighborhood are identical in layout. 

Do you expect a tenant to give you a false identity and would you be OK with that?