Also, if you are renovating as a buy and hold would you automatically go ahead and replace them up front?

When it comes to a 3.5% fha vs a 5% conventional, I personally prefer the 5% conventional because the PMI automatically drops when you hit 80% LTV.

Perform the same task in each app to ensure a fair comparison.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.Run a credit/screening report on yourself.Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.Enter charges to the tenant's ledger.Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.Sign documents electronically.Run owner reports.After testing a few apps, one should clearly stand out.

Animatronic Robots?

Software like Privy or yours (like we discussed a few months ago) can detect if the house is flipped or not, based on the picture or recent data.I think something like Tableau now should have something like automatic prediction when you feed your data to them.

Any company that won't show me pricing is automatically very low on my list.

I've had this situation before and it can work out well when you and the tenant agree to a payment plan, especially when the funds can come out of their account automatically.  

If you have extra taxes then you should absolutely account for them.Contact Vrbo, Airbnb and your local authority and see if they are automatically taken out or if you need to submit the extra taxes.

It also allows tenants to set up automatic rent payments, so no more late rents!

Lastly, should I continue collecting rent through Venmo or should I have her set up automatic payments with my bank?