Apart from ACH, which is free vs. a fee on other platforms, the software also keeps track of property analytics and can create a statement of cash flows (NOI/Net Income views also available) and has export functions to give your CPA come tax time.

Aside from the financial resources, I suppose one skill is I write algorithms to distill signal from bulk data for a living, so if there are any other programmers out there please reach out!

They even showed us a TED Talk video and asked us to write down "Before I die, I will..."

I believe they changed the guidelines years ago on the amount of seller assist you can receive on an FHA loan, so I’d look into that with your mortgage company before making an offer, but definitely use that to your advantage when writing an offer!

You need to have a solid goal (write it down) to buy a property of your own.

Ironically, platforms designed for real estate (Zillow, Apartments.com, Rentler, etc.) produce very few tenants for me, compared to FB Marketplace (and I also find a lot of their functionality to be user un-friendly, from the landlord side). ...you'd think that platforms custom-made for real estate would make the process a snap for landlords, but it takes me a lot longer to post and manage rental listings on Zillow or Rentler than it did on Craigslist.

Along the same lines, the buyer who can barely qualify for the entry level SFH is acutely aware of their cash shortage and therefore are going to be less accepting of household features near the end of their useful life, even if still functional and have a stronger desire for anything that is listed as a deficiency on the inspection report to be corrected. 

Do we get an attorney to write this up for us?

If not, I’ll write it off as a loss.

Once we receive notice, in some sort of writing from the tenant, we move forward.