I briefly needed to store a camper and found a local storage.

I sold 20 houses last year in my local market (ASHEVILLE NC).

Don't forget to research local regulations surrounding MTRs and STRs, factor in management fees if you plan on outsourcing, and assess your risk tolerance between a larger, single multi-family property or multiple, potentially distant, MTR/STRs.

Even if the question was asked by someone elsewhere, many responses are check your local laws which should direct the person to the right source of information.

If the software is not simplifying your life or making you more accurate, you shouldn't use it.Software does have extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

Mortgage, utilities, maintenance, repairs, consumables, advertising, etc.

If you are in Iceland/Spain, though, I can get behind investing in any market that you have trusted friends/family locally.

That's how they advertise $150k credit lines at 0%. 

"May be" doesn't necessarily mean "Will be" so check with your local attorney. 

Get to your local RE meet up.