There are a lot of great options out there; aside from providing the basics (ie. listing tool to get the property published to 10+ major sites, scheduling tool to schedule viewings, tenant screening with comprehensive applications which include nationwide criminal background checks + credit checks + eviction history, digital lease creation tool, rent collection tool, and maintenance tracking tool), some services also offer your tenants additional capabilities which makes it an easier sell on your end when getting them to transition over (ie. their ability to report on-time rent payments to the credit bureaus; this can create an added incentive for making sure they pay that rent on time).

Airdna has arguably the most comprehensive STR data available and with their new partnership with HomeAway/VRBO, it's even better than before.  

My hope is that after this exercise, I'll be able to make an informed, comprehensive decision where to focus on more detailed property level analysis. 

We wrote a comprehensive review about Reonomy on our blog at KineticBridge.

The turnaround time to your first payday isn't that much faster in rentals either.That being said, rental transactions could be a valuable part of a comprehensive business growth plan. 

I was searching deeply for all of these different companies to get insurance from, and then gave an Allstate agent a call, and she provided the most comprehensive and competitive policy out of all the others I had quoted. 

Depends on the scope of work that you are looking for but figure on $5,000- $10,000 as a starting point for a relatively comprehensive study.

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From a review of the leases you can build financial projections that should give you a solid understanding of the opportunity.Understanding in-place rents compared to market is similar to multifamily but in this case you will likely have to reach out to leasing brokers in the market to get a better gauge of market rents.This is by no means comprehensive but should be enough to screen the potential purchase before digging in deeper.  

I understand that as I gain experience this will come easier, but until I put the first few deals together I'm looking for some good ways to be able to pin a respectable estimate together for repairs.Searching through the forums a a little bit, I've found a few things I can do but none of them seem very comprehensive and the ones that do, usually require something else I lack whether it be connections of funds.