Perform the same task in each app to ensure a fair comparison.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.Run a credit/screening report on yourself.Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.Enter charges to the tenant's ledger.Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.Sign documents electronically.Run owner reports.After testing a few apps, one should clearly stand out.

You don't have the forms, processes, marketing, software, and other tools a professional would have. 

Perform the same task in each app to ensure a fair comparison.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.Run a credit/screening report on yourself.Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.Enter charges to the tenant's ledger.Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.Sign documents electronically.Run owner reports.After testing a few apps, one should clearly stand out.

Happy to share some data and insights on the area.

This will help you get a feel for the process without feeling overwhelmed.Network: Connect with other investors in the community.

I will add that this is a process that has many rules that are required to be followed and there are serious financial penalties if you make a mistake. do your research and learn all you can and/or find a custodian who provides education as well as an ERISA attorney who can advise you. 

If more investors actually improved their property to the point that it becomes the best home on the block in the Class D community, they would attract a great tenant and will help uplift a community starving for reinvestment in the process.  

(Zillow data) I've been doing open houses for an hour twice a month, and have had 4 applications so far from people who went. 

You could offer to allow earnest money to become non-refundable after certain hurdles in the escrow process (inspection, financing, etc). 

Here's what I'm particularly interested in:Key factors to analyze a multifamily property: What metrics and data points should I be focusing on to assess the property's potential?