I am looking to create a small $200-500k Crowdfunding platform mainly geared towards non-accredited investors as a bridge to invest in Real Estate in not the best neighborhoods of South Florida (Broward County - Dade County).

I figured it would be easier to narrow down my search of landlords by using this platform. 

This usually costs around 10% of the monthly rent amount as well as a full month's rent amount as payment for finding a tenant.Another way to handle it is with an online platform that allows you to handle it directly.

definitely use propertymanagement software. you may feel like you don’t need it right now but as you continue to scale up and buy more it will be much easier to add properties to your software being that you already have it set up. ask me how i know.... i used spreadsheets and am now trying to go backwards and add all my properties to a platform and it’s very hard. i really wish i had a good software platform from day one.

However, based on how things were going with CallText setup (this is their CRM and call/text/email platform), and the fact that 3 weeks went by after I paid for the mail campaign before they actually initiated the campaign and printed the 1st mailers, I figured I’d wait until the second piece arrived before dropping $12K on another 6-month campaign.

I'm considering working for and also possible investing with Fundrise, or similar real estate investing platforms.

You might want to investigate a project management platform/app called Click up. 

I'll advice you to do your own due diligence to find a platform or company that best caters to your wants/needs.Key Takeaways: 1) Invest in yourself and keep improving.2) Invest your money to make sure your capital grows alongside you :)

It's a full property management lifecycle platform, so it does a lot more than just collect rent electronically. 

Also, there are platforms which can help you bring a certain level of automation to that rental management process (ie. automatically syndicating a single listing to 10+ major listing sites, thorough tenant screening with full background checks, digital lease creation, automated online rent collection, and maintenance tracking - all from within your account).