it shouldn't be hard to search online for records of the property posted as a short term rental-search the address. 

I have never used, but the retail landlord I used to work for uses DashComm to allow their tenants to pay rent and report sales.https://www.phillipsedison.com/neighbors/dashcommAgain, this was not rolled out when I worked there many years ago, but I know a vast majority of their tenants have escalation clauses, NNN's, some properties have utility pass throughs that vary each month, etc.I will also say, for what it is worth, they had a full AR department that would mail out statements every month to every tenant.  

While reviewing properties online is a great start, sometimes I need some boots on the ground to help me with them.

There are estimated 8.5M Akiyas in Japan, completely vacant, including in major cities like Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto. https://www.businessinsider.com/japan-millions-empty-home-ak....

Would be interested to hear your experience. online/offline. 

There is government data online to see where good schools are, low crime rates, and desirable city amenities.  

You could find those contracts online but I would highly recommend getting them reviewed by an attorney. 

The truth is that you can do a lot of your research yourself and online.

The credit union that does the majority of those is all in credit union. 

The property was built in 2018 and the other unit with power had no major issues and all HVAC’s, water heaters, electrical, etc all work fine.