It doesn't sound like a lot, but I do NOTHING except cash the check.

We also put a little bit of effort into SEO so that it would come up in searches for corporate or midterm housing in our pretty small market.

@Matthew Kwan I believe it depends on the type of loan.

Wouldn't ya wanna know if there were a lot of bellies in the line of a house you're buying?

Quote from @Jaycee Greene: Then the question is if you want to deal with a long-distance rental property (I'm assuming the GA place is north of Atlanta, which is at least 5 hours from Fairhope).

STR idea might work as well although that's a matter of execution. 

Some common names you'll see thrown around a lot: Stessa, Apartments.com, RentRedi, TenantCloud, Innago, RentManager, Avail, Rentec Direct, Doorloop, etc.I recommend you search for each of those apps online and see what they offer, how much they charge, etc.

Is it a small enough amount of money and do you trust them enough that you could pay a month in advance by mail?

Words of wisdom.

Great Post-  I appreciate you saying what a lot of the Gurus fail to explain: that this is a long term process and in a lot of cases we don't see the benefits for years to come.