@Crystal H. there are a ton of really great home automation companies that can help homeowners remain in control of things like locks, AC, heat.

If you dig into our asset management services, you'll see that we've automated many of the functions thus providing better service to both our investors and their tenants which ultimately result in better ROIs.

My real estate goals are as follows: [list]Within one year - buy 1-2 properties (5-10 units)Within two years - buy 2-4 properties (10-20 units)within five years - possess a 100 unit real estate portfoliowithin ten years - possess a 500 unit real estate portfoliowithin twenty years - possess a [fully automated] 5000 unit real estate portfolio[/list:u]My minimum cash flow requirement is $100 per month after PITI, Maintenance, Management, Vacancies, Delinquencies, and other expenses.I plan to accomplish these goals entirely using creative financing while I repair my credit.

I think to handle sales pipeline, sales automation, workflow, tracking marketing, tracking communications (email to clients, phone calls, etc), document sharing, and I could go on -- but a good web-based (AJAX-based) system is the best for the price.

Being a Dad, combined with interests in energy efficiency and building automation led to a couple of small properties (triplex, quadraplex) ... which led to a few slightly larger buildings .... which lead to a second job {not quite big enough to outsource all the management}. 

I have podio automations built into the site.

I use guesty, and I've 100% automated all my vacation websites together with Guesty....it's such a nice thing to have, as I don't spend any time on my 6 listings.

Premium allows you to automate a lot of tasks like grabbing pictures of the property from Google, bed/bath info from Zillow, and lots of other things.I primarily chose Podio because, with Premium, I can do a lot of the automation coding myself and customize Podio to my needs.

It could be worth considering a shot at a rental property management software built for DIY landlords (1 - 15 units), and helps you to automate your own rental process (ie. helps you to get it listed on 10+ major listing sites, allows you to schedule showings, provides you with thorough tenant screening options, online digital leases, automated maintenance tracking, and fast rent collection which also offers your tenants the ability to report their positive on-time payments to the major credit bureaus; just another positive reinforcement/added incentive to get them to make those payments on time).

They helped us setup our systems and automation, facilitate transaction coordination, lead gen, and marketing.