Venmo cash app etc... - We text everyone who owes us rent every Friday (pay day).

I know there's a tab for meetups on here but I also know there's quite a bit happening that's not necessarily posted on here or the meetup app.

I've not done that remotely, but it could be done.I have a handyman that gets used appliances all the time and installs them in my rental houses when needed.It would take some trust or coordination on your part but could save you some substantial money.I'm sure you could find someone on the next door app that was handy and had a truck to go pickup stuff.

In our24 years of experience, managing almost 100 S8 leases currently, the average S8 tenant has a FICO under 580, numerous collections from utility & cell phone companies, doesn't want to pay a security deposit, much less an application fee and claims they don't know how to fill out their S8 paperwork despite being in the program for several years - hint: they want YOU to do it for them.Most, not all, are eligible for government assistance due to a funeral-march of bad choices.REALITY: you are trust trading one set of problems for another.You can succeed with S8, but you need to understand the challenges and plan accordingly.

Using an app is not really off market it's a different market than the MLS.

We plan to build on our “Deal Finder”, introduce a mobile app, and build out solutions to help investors meet contractors, lawyers, wholesalers (avoiding wannabes who just bought some guru course), and maybe foray into commercial - allowing investors to connect with Commercial Brokers. 

This is the same app that my photographer uses for my listings.https://www.cubi.casa/

My question is with all of the apps and technology these days, is it worth trying to manage this property on my own?

Model to Image - Some apps such as Veras connect to your Sketchup/Rhino/Revit software and can directly render simple masses into final results.

As long as you login to their app through the pro area it will recognize your membership and should give you the software at no cost.