Quote from @Ben Trageser: Highly recommend Maven Cost Seg!

Understanding your top priorities can help in determining whether Stessa, Baselane, or another tool might best fit your needs.If you're comfortable with apartments.co for rent collection but want higher yields on your cash (this is me reading between the lines) you could have the transfers go into a high yield business account like BlueVine 1.5% interest or something like CapitalOne 3.9%.

With 7 properties I would highly suggest getting a PM software to help you.

I definitely think in my area, many of the good opportunities I could qualify for with my income would have pretty high rehab needs before they're rentable, so it's good to hear where you would start out instead.

Coffered ceilings, low corner additions etc.Anyone can slap lipstick on a pig, looking for high value add in high demand markets is where the $ is.

However, due to keep purchasing real estate, my DTI is high and close to 50%.

Honestly, unless you’re in a high-end market where buyers or renters expect it, dropping thousands on a sprinkler system probably isn’t your best ROI move—especially if the property has been sitting for months.

I live in Seattle, WA but due to the limited inventory and high prices I want to invest out-of-state.

I highly recommend you create an "Animal Addendum" which is a set of rules for any animal, whether it's a pet or service animal.

Investment loans generally carry high down-payments and costs.