The FF rates in my zipcode are higher than I expected and their quality is less than what I'm bringing online! 

An instructor can make it better, but most are online now anyway.

I'd rather have a property remain vacant to I can spend time cleaning up and getting it ready and back-online so it could be available for someone else to rent.

If you want to understand 5-year outlook, I'd look for multifamily construction data in your area to understand what level of new units is and will be coming online in the near future. 

I really believe that we live in a time where all the information you need to do just about anything is available for free online.

There are a ton of online resources.You could also look at the Arcade1 cabinets as well as the Gamer Legends stuff.

For contact management like that its awesome to search for specific types of people and locations or just data like "how long does it take to foreclose in texas".We have some other use cases as well that we use to track not only ours but competitors results online and learning what does and does not work for different aspects of the business.

Monitoring open windows isn't feasible in my case, but I can definitely monitor daily electricity usage online  

Many have restrictions... even for long-term rentals!

Believe me, I’ve seen my share of ups and downs: from navigating interest rate spikes to figuring out out-of-state managment back when online tools weren’t half as good as they are now.