I would also do a little "research" and see if the new applicants are linked to the previous tenant on social media.

Onsite investigation (neighbor who may know your target's whereabouts of their associates, church, social or drinking habits, etc. dan safe you some steps. 

I used the BRRRR strategy working with him but I don't have the credit (only received my social security number a year ago) to do those so flipping is my start point

Social media is where people's eyes are at!

But it can be quite social there as well.. depends on the setting.

Brian,You can find a lot of hard money lenders through your social media.  

But I received many lovely holiday gifts from residents while managing a 120 unit complex that was OH so special.We did a resident appreciation HOT Dog / Ice cream social in the summer by the pool area, along with national night out, so everyone enjoyed that.

Also, this is just an observation, most agents seem to enjoy telling everyone they are an agent, socializing with agents, networking, and all that crap rather than doing work.

Plus it would enable my parents to sign off their property to me so that way they can collect more money through me, all the while collecting social security. 

There is Marketing campaign automation, lead processing automation, social media posting automation etc so many different parts of the business that can be automated, but there are those - that can't.And before you hire anyone to help you "automate" you need a very clear processes and standard procedures of your business in place.