Has anyone bought from the platform?

What worked for me was listing on multiple platforms - Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, and even local community bulletin boards.

I'm currently using a website that I created 4 years ago, posting vacancies by creating a page and cross linking it to a form in my website for applications.  

I know Shopify typically is a more commerce base platform.

Paid platforms often offer additional features like market analytics, off-market property leads, and filters for investor-specific criteria, giving them a leg up over free options.Exactly, most platforms have to offset cost somewhere because of how expensive it is to keep the data up to date.

Please check out our Product Tours on the dashboard for an overview of the platform.

Houfy is very inexpensive to list on, and syncs with the other platforms, making it a very quick and cheap way to do direct bookings.

I wanna cross sell some stuff. 

Here's a detailed guide on how to screen applicants: Application Screening Guide

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