I created a Word Cloud and graphs of the cities I would invest in. 

Yeah my software does as well. i mean MINE... as in I wrote it... additionally,users can  purchase DID's  (phone numbers)  for $3 +$1/mo  for use in their Text/VM broadcasting/robocalling campaings which conveniently, can be populated with names and data from my DB's which have over 200+million names/phones/emails/demographics/  social media user data, voter records, property info, deed data...etc  (all of which I have accumulated from providing scraped data, and append services for clients for a number of years)  total out right now at about 15GB  of Mysql DB's  check the google cloud image below....Obviously hooks up with both hubspot, as well as mautic.... as to allow for dragging in lead data directly to marketing automation, which works out well, when you when the lists that users buy.... from me... in my software,  already have FB/Twitter usernames, phones / emails / demographics / employer emails.. and da-da-da  ... linkedin account info.... as well as property tax data (which i do scrapes for free for users now...)   

Rent collection options for you to consider: Azibo, Avail, Innago, Apartments.com, Hemlane, Turbotenant, Rentredi, Tenant Cloud, eRentpayment, ZillowHope it helps!

You are correct, and you do need to take action.Be sure you do not let doubt or fear cloud your mind disguised as "too much research".There are plenty of things you can and absolutely should do immediately that doesn't require any research.Get a website right NOWGet a logo right NOWGet your social media accounts right NOWWork your website, work your credibility...Doing so has given me the opportunity to eat crablegs when ever I want!

There are cloud based services that can direct calls to multiple numbers if you don’t pick up right away.

(I post this assuming that you will have a DVR or cloud storage for the footage and that an individual or security company won't be monitoring 24/7). * Post signs for the cameras.

Any other myths you want busted send to me, I'm sure most are just old news that is still clouding a great asset class. 

Zillow, Innago, Tenant Cloud etc... all have the same risk.

They get a receipt and I can look online to see who has paid.I don't chase rent.

Since you've committed to the technology you probably have raised your selling price to cover the cost and not everyone will pay that extra amount.So, if you never sell, that isn't an issue.The biggest drawback for me was that it only works during a sunny day, it's calculated on "sunny" days, that means no clouds.