Moreover, there are leasing companies such as PadSplit and HomeRoom who implement this daily, but for your property size/scale, I don't believe they'll be necessary. 

Leasing out property to a management company.

I would rather focus on the details of the credit report (such as collections and delinquencies and nature of those issues).)

As a result, we're calling another appraisal company out and it's going to take a few more days before we wrap up. 

Two years ago, it was higher and sellers wanted money hard day 1 in a lot of markets.I would ask brokers and property management companies and attorneys in the marketGood Luck!

I've heard Stessa and Buildium for the most part but find it's actually very difficult to use for the average small scale landlord (I have 7 doors)The cost of Buildium I think is way too high for the small scale self managed landlord like myself. 7 units comes to $55/monthAs for Stella, the UI isnt the greatest and probably tailored for more property management companies, and the accounting features are rather lacking for Canadian tax laws.

i would say it depends on the overall investment strategy. im not really familiar with STR rentals in your area. personally i like the long term rentals, especially if you are trying to be hands off. we have two STR's, one we manage ourselves in FL and the other in Gatlingburg which is managed by a company. even with an STR rental company, i still find myself managing the manager. both require work and are by no means passive. long term (to me) is nice given time investment. hope this helps. 

You can definitely do this via a title company to record a mortgage on title 

Your neighbors will observe different cars/people going in and out and will report it to HOA.

I'm deciding if I should shop around or does this seem pretty inline with other companies?