Glad Scott is addressing this head on and sorry to hear it came to this. https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/wealthelevator This is like financial PTSD. 

As a newbie you addressed a lot of my fears that has prevented me from taking that first step.

Monitor guest feedback to identify and address areas for improvement, enhancing the listing's relevance and appeal.

In a dream world - the comprehensive solution does all this: *task management and sequencing where you can drop a property into a sequence ie day 1 call, day 2 mailer (have it automatically mail out something like a postcard) day 3 etc etc etc*project management outside of the outreach sequences for what's next in the process ie schedule inspection, send the contract, etc etc*ability to have multiple users drive around and if you see a property you can tag an address and add it into a marketing sequence, and also track the streets you've hit so you're not wasting time driving by the same houses more than once *dialer (ability to parallel dial numerous numbers simultaneously to make cold calling more efficient - Ive used tools like orum and kixie in other industries, and when you receive a pickup, the other calls are dropped) *skip tracing/data provider *website landing page for converting online visitors to leads*electronic signature/docusign*secondary branded landing site on different URL for blasts for deal disposition to your buyer listWhat am I missing? 

We give them the exact address, a video of what it looked like when it was bought, who did the rehab, what the rehab cost, what it rented for, a video of what it looked like AFTER the rehab, who did the loan (who the lender was), etc. 

Any property you get into, though, you should plan to have a good capital reserve account to address the problems that will inevitably come up.If you're looking for properties that have stronger cashflow, I would look toward the South East of the USA. 

Thanks guys - my partner does the Brokerage and we were discussing how to address the commission - we are fine paying just debating how to handle the upfront question when the Buyers agent calls about the listing ...My thoughts were to simply state that Seller is fine paying a commission and put it in the offer - and he wants to offer the % upfront ... 

At least until you have done your due diligence to understand the steps of being a landlord.Of course they want the address...They always want to see the property before being "prequalified"...There is salesmanship involved with finding a good tenant.

Years ago I have sent yellow letters to 1,000 selected addresses in a suburb of Milwaukee.

I recommend creating a new post with some specific examples we can address.