Locks, thermostats, lights, cameras, home automation, supply delivery,  anything you can think of that will allow you to monitor your house and keep records of activity. 5.

It seems that good, decent, qualified tenants have the pick of the litter, often flaky and uncommitted when there is so much supply out there. 

The highway to financial freedom (really, time freedom) is littered with kids who left jobs too early where they didn't get to the top of the company and never maxed out their income.

They have this feature where the investors’ accreditation status verification is automated.

We use a cloud based program(rentecdirect.com) that automates many tasks including collecting rent, screening tenants , broadcasting our vacancy listings, accounting, etc).  

So correct me if I am wrong, the reason being that you cannot reconcile bank accounts, credit cards, cannot epay or print checks, track loans, fixed assets, view a Balance Sheet and more.Saying that in QuickBooks you can create automated invoices.

Looking for suggested automation, techniques and strategies without reading and watching overload of materials.  

I am in the same boat and completely agree with you in that the rental market does seem to be changing quite a bit in recent times- much more difficult to get good qualified tenants these days and decent tenants seem to have their pick of the litter - often very flaky and uncommitted because there is so much supply out there.Rent price is definitely a key issue but what's the more likely outcome of a significant drop in rent price below market?

TaskRabbit is another option, but unfortunately, they don't operate in all the cities I need.Ideally, I'd love to find a service with an API that allows me to automate the scheduling of these photography trips.

For 'smaller' amounts of under $100k many will even do an automated online appraisal and employment check, instant issuance and funding in five or so days.