The value-add component will come operationally by increasing monthly rates as units become vacant, adding a website that will allow tenants to browse and rent units, sign leases and pay rent electronically.

Association membership, mls dues, and electronic lockbox fees just to start. 

Tell the guy to get electronic docs and you can sign from your phone.

So we can't compare ourselves to the rest of the world even though I love electronics and gadgets and am a nerd when it comes to a lot of these things.  

Because we now require tenants to use the mobile app to fill out the tenant application, this results in all tenants having the ability to process their payments in the app electronically and communicating consistently on maintenance requests through the app.

This includes marijuana as well as electronic cigarettes (i.e.

Fees for this service may be paid by electronic funds transfer or check.

What I would ask is if I could make the initial payment electronically before signing the lease agreement.

We are the state capital (I don't expect gov't to shrink any time soon), have a major military installment close by (Joint base Lewis-McChord), we have a port, timber, electronics, Amazon distribution center, etc...   

Smart home options and electronic locks allow you to show a property even if you can't be present.