Todays technology is far too risky to operate without hard copies of important paperwork.

.:)Indeed it's verybhatd to gain a good cash flow from rentals.At this point of your story I think you need to think more about fliping some properties and than make your investment to keep..That way you can purchase fee deals and manage your own for a while untill you are ready to let it managed.Diy management is much easyer with today's technology.

How are you fellow landlords currently using today's technology to collect tenant's monthly rent? 

With todays technology and in a  world where everyone posts their daily bathroom routines in line there is no secrecy.

The isurance industry is catching up to technology and nanotechnology too.

Five random thoughts...1 - There's a lot of tiny house technology that you could draw inspiration from.2 - Google "Kitchenette" and you'll see that you can place a workable kitchen in the unit.

Handyman still uses dial up internet so is not exactly into new technology.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/22/technology/airbnb-...from the article"This week, Los Angeles started to take action against rent-controlled apartments that have been illegally converted into short-term rentals The city filed criminal charges against the Farifax building's owners and civil cases against three other building owners.

Jacob Ham There are good and bad PM out there just like any industry but something you should definitely be looking for is their technology and PM software.

While Landlords of EJC are the lead on this, they don't have the technology to get the information out - I have another post in the events and happenings section for the City Council Meeting on September 6th in Independence:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/350414-independence-mo-kansas-city-area-city-council-meeting-inspectWe also have quite a few updates about this topic on the MAREI websites and social media pages.