STRs weren’t something I’d initially considered because they seemed more involved than LTRs and I was concerned my frequent travels would make it difficult but I suppose you can set up processes and automate STRs as much as any other real estate vehicle.

Give your cash a job and automate it if possible within your accounts (Retirement, Travel, Emergency, Investing)5.

Also, what work are you good at and what do you want to outsource/automate? 

As others said earlier in this thread, getting a random text from an investor is not likely to get things off on the right foot anyway.Emails: The least regulated of the three, as long as your email templates include address, opt out, and other rules, you can fire away.Almost all regulations allow any kind of automated communication as long as the seller has reached out to you first or recently.Always maintain a posture of being "the guy down the street" flipping houses or whatever.