Use the $ you have to pay off your collection accounts, and then get a car loan/small credit card and pay it on time every month. 

I’ve always collected rent via check, as I was house-hacking a duplex.

Does anyone have a company that will do escrow processing and collection for a nominal fee? 

Does anyone have a company that will do escrow processing and collection for a nominal fee?

I would collect a security deposit and first and last months rent as a rule. 

And, unless you intend to knock on their door to collect the rent, it's possible to keep your identity a secret from them.

We can help with collections and utility billing automation.

Getting a Collection Guarantee When you’re underwriting a deal and you approach it conservatively, you take into consideration that rent collections may drop in the next 6 to 12 months.

Or they are just collecting leads like spam email marketing then sell the potential leads to wholesale buyers?

A landlord, however, isn’t able to just sit back and do nothing while collecting rent from him for the remaining months of the lease.Generally, the law requires landlords to “mitigate their damages” and make a reasonable effort to re-rent the unit to another qualified tenant.