You need to occupy your mind.Step back a bit, automate whatever you can automate and smell the roses. 

Those automated values on zillow and trulia are not useful for investing.  

Thank you for your thoughts,Jonathan Jonathan, I've been able to automate the guest check-in and out process and the maid with a lockbox, and online booking, from Airbnb.

Any job that can be replaced with automation is at risk.

and I'm looking for a good way to automate billing so that they can set their bank accounts up to auto-pay when they get the bill.

Once the deed is recorded and you have a copy you can show the county, you can provide that as evidence and begin the STR application process even if the "automated" systems still show the old owner's name.

Schlage works best with automations softwares for larger operations but if it is only 1 or a few doors you can probably use any leading brand.

The fact the current owner is around $1,100-$1,200 suggests that 1,800-1,900 is optimistic.I think what is happening is you are listening to an automated program and the program is pulling rental comps from near White Rock Lake on some "A" class properties. 

We're an active lending in the 1-4 conventional space but eventually we all make that transition into the 5+ MFH space which requires different metrics to adhere to (debt service coverage ratio, net worth, liquidity, and experience) that is not cared for in the conventional space.The conventional space is mainly ran through AUS or automated underwriting systems for 1-4 unit properties when it comes to fannie mae or freddie mac.Its good to have the capability to do both so you can seamlessly move from one type of financing to another and have the entire toolbox of loan products available to you (private money loans PML @Beth Johnson, HML or hard money loans/bridge, conventional, commercial variants (there are large banks, small communities, regionals, credit unions, and fannie freddie agency in the 5+ space too, along with Life companies or LifeCo, CMBS collateralized mortgage back securities).Let me know what questions might come up on your end.

For anyone who's fooling themselves a local mentor will have the same SYSTEM (automated software which will save a ton of time), and that the local mentor will freely spend their time to train someone for FREE, keep on thinking that way and stop reading here.