@Karen Margrave,Effective March 1, 2013: Social Security Checks will stop Coming via the US Mail.Here are a few links concerning that:No more Paper Checks for Social Security effective March 1, 2013No More Paper Checks for Social Security effective March 1, 2013Also,When I signed up for my SS retirement check, they Informed me that I would receive the Electronic Payment on the 9th of the Month.

Most people (reasonably) expect that an electronic transfer is immediate.

Do you boycott everything electronic because one of its founding inventors was a racist ("the fruit of the poisonous tree")?

If you have time on you side you can order onlinefrom electronics   supplier like digikey or mouser. 

Some providers have features that are designed to make it easier for IRA real estate investors: features like free online bill pay or the ability for your IRA’s renters to pay their rent electronically. 

It's always good to make it as easy as possible, and the biggest improvement I've made is going all electronic in terms of collecting rent.  

We provide them with an electronic copy of the bill each month and every three months we reconcile.If there is a deficit in the account we invoice them and payment is due with the following month's rent {this has only happened twice when we carried the electricity and natural gas and there was a very cold winter ... normally we set the monthly utility contribution high enough this does no occur}.  

We are also working on new arrangements with a startup car-share; for electronic parking passes; discounts at neighbourhood restaurants; and a reduced rental rate on self-storage during the summer months for our student tenants.As @John K alluded with his fridge magnets, we provide all tenants with the following on move-in:a binder containing information on their home: the house rules, manuals for appliances, call lists for service providers, transit schedule, maps showing local amenities, coupons to local businesses;a cleaning caddy with a started supply of cleaning products, a toilet brush in each washroom, and a toilet plunger;an emergency call list velcro'd on the inside of a kitchen cupboard door.

American Pension Services, an SDIRA/solo 401k custodian, has a newsletter from 2009 that covers this well.

Rent is due first or before the first of the month or they get hit with a late penalty.In today's day and age of electronic payments there's no excuses to not paying on time.