And while travel is going to be expensive for any property, if you only have one in a market, the concept is the same with less rent: that $2,000 flight/hotel/rental car food for a one night visit, ties up a lot more of your gross when that gross is much lower. 

I don't know how severe the issues were that caused you to cancel 7 deals, but I can tell you that either your agent is absolutely blind or you are blowing small issues way out of proportion.You are not getting a new roof with a used house, just as much as you are not getting brand new breaks on a used car.

My brain want's to automatically assume rents were not collected, not that they were just sitting on your $$$$ because that, wow, that's a BIG problem and a VERY bad sign of things if that's the case. 

Usually they promise automatic acceptance, no payments for 90 days. etc.  

Also, you mentioned "emergencies" (including holidays, new cars etc?).

I have paid off student loans, my house, credit cards, car and have 100k that i would like to invest.

@James McGovern, while I don't necessarily agree with your language, I certainly understand where you are coming from.If you truly want to exploit them, then continually report code violations: long grass, broken windows, broken down cars parked on property, anything that will keep racking up the nuisance issues of the property that the landlord not only has to handle with effort but also with money...But, assuming you don't want to go to that level, find the owner and reach out.  

Perform the same task in each app to ensure a fair comparison.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.Run a credit/screening report on yourself.Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.Enter charges to the tenant's ledger.Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.Sign documents electronically.Run owner reports.After testing a few apps, one should clearly stand out.

It'll still be mediocre wine in Fredericksburg and brown ocean water in Galveston, but there's a massive increase in the pool of people that can hop in the car and go for a weekend. 

(Car crash, dog attack, etc etc.).