I just can't find a tutorial that can show me how to.Does anyone know how this automation is done?

Their IT students could probably build automations for some of the tasks you laid out as well.The following books have some hiring tips in general you might find interesting:First, Break All the Rules: Hire for talent, rather than skill.

Optimize HVAC for the SpaceMigrating one's STR's pellet stove + electric baseboard heating to a $5k 28k DIY mini-split + baseboard dropped my electric bill 50% in a New England STR, but that's with extensive automation of heating cycles, retrofitting of electric heaters w/smart thermostats, and understanding that splits / heat pumps do lose effectiveness in their ability to extract heat from very cold air.

Also he touches on this and other helpful topics in BP Podcast 91, I recommend listening to the whole thing but specifically around minute 45-ish he gets into tools used to automate his business.  

An attorney who does nothing but tenant-landlord law (eg evictions).They don't come up often but when they do I dig around to find a licensed roofing contractor, licensed electrician and a landscaper, termite company.In the past year, everything went automated.

Red short shorts with a 3 letter/1 number on the back.....I think as real estate investors it's key to remember other forms of super passive investing including 401k , IRA, automated stock investing (my favorite!)

If you have automated gates.

Investor Fuse is a third party service that takes the core Podio CRM and layers on a bunch of features and automations specific to real estate investors.

You are right Robin, about the direct-mail, especially automation.

Much like home automation, security cameras are a strange hybrid industry of half crap and half frustration.As far as I can tell from my research there are TWO GROUPS and THREE TYPES.