As a customer I would 100% want to see the outside.

Unless you have a specific monthly target for your payment you can spread that out to make it a Win/Win.There has been a lot of growth in Denver over the last 2-3 years and new builds as well I just closed on a home for a customer in commerce city they also moved from CA and needed a fresh start. 

Here is a list of Construction, Rehabbing & Generic PM softwares that may be a good solution:Construction, Remodeling & House Flipping Specific PM Softwares BuilderTrend/Co-Construct - Home building project management software specifically built for custom home builders.

Find one that can be custom to your needs, has flexible pricing, no long-term, high-cost memberships and excellent customer services to determine how to best market to your leads.

A couple years ago, someone took the pics off my Zillow rental listing and made a fraudulent Facebook listing and was communicating with prospective tenants.

Before I jump into the cash required to operate which isn't given enough attention by most investors there are additional fee related questions a borrower should ask any prospective lender: Are the 3 points inclusive of loan doc prep?

The successful brokers in this space often have analysists who are researching the market for listings, prospective clients etc.

Their customer support is terrible and some of their software, but they have about 8x the site traffic in general than Airbnb and VRBO combined, surprisingly.  

The only thing I would add is using your time with prospective tenants to ask what they are looking for, how the unit aligns or doesn't to what they are looking for, etc. 

My customer service sector manages a lot of my internal affairs and we've undergone many changes during this ongoing pandemic that have disrupted business.