I have an automated pro forma that calculates direct expenses (PITI) and indirect expense estimations (10% Maintenance, 10% vacancy).

It's a paid monthly service that seems to target automation on wholesale transactions.

Fence/gate  $50,000 automated Roll gate.f. 

Mainly, the systems implemented are fascinating (VA, automated offers, etc.)

It's $14 bucks a month per "employee" if you are using the Pro version (which I suggest), and it is highly customizable and great in building in automation.

In the early days of home based IoT (aka home automation), there were hubs such as Wink and SmartThings but in the cloud age, on site based hubs make less and less sense and a cloud based solution would certainly make it easier to deploy.There are lots of great areas to work on but this is just food for thought and perhaps will help spur some discussion!

I'm hoping to learn and become a REI but it seems to me that very often in mixing multiple disciplines there's an edge that the competition could potentially not have, let it be speed or efficiency or automation or whatever else.What I think could be helpful from software in real state is data processing and automating processes?

It is very easy to automate the rental and leave you with very little interaction with the property if you do things right.

Automated offer system operators often have automated systems that auto-respond with offers of 70% (maybe more) of zestimate, offer 2 of 100% seller financing at zestimate,  if no or low equity we still can buy but the offer depends on their specifics, call for details.But since youre running a low volume campaign to get the highest lead conversion you need to immediate call back, ask when can we meet at the house.   

It is very organized and has some great automation features.