Did an AppFolio demo today and love it (despite cost of 200/mo).  

I did attend demo's for Propertyware, Rent Manager, Yardi - most of these are not that user friendly although they are bit more flexible in-terms of providing custom functionality, but get's expensive with all those optional modules!

I am doing a lot of demo work myself to save on costs (I have the time).

I chose a contractor who could do the turnkey himself.so why is this in the lazy landlord section.because you can do things to help reduce cost .and still be lazy.you  can do any demo work that needs to be done.  

Both include demoing top, raising block walls by 18" to gain 8' ceiling height and rebuilding, reusing existing cmu foundation.

There are usually flat fees for things like roofing, demo, tanks, pools, decks, and electric, too and those range from maybe $20-500 depending on the town. 

You can end up with some clearance, old stock, "Sears Outlet", floor demo, etc. appliances that will still come with a warranty but at a discount.  

If you do a lipstick flip (new paint, new carpet, new landscape, etc) you will likely not have anything major that was not detected (so long as the electrical, plumbing, roof, foundation, and HVAC was inspected).When you do major rehabs where you are moving walls, taking things down to he studs, room additions, etc, you almost always run into additional costs (demo costs were more than anticipated, new plumbing and or wiring needed, longer than expected rehab timeframe, etc).I have flipped a lot of homes in price ranges from $300k+ to $4M and I was able to flip my first 30 or so without any losses.

I have to rehab 4 of the units and get them rent ready, handle some roofing issues, maybe demo a garage in the back to clear space for parking, and figure out how much all of this foundation work is going to be for hopefully $40k or under.

The fact that there wasn’t a need to gut or demo anything freed me up from potential lead or asbestos mitigation.I started out by contacting my commercial RE agent to put the space up for rent.