Quote from @Jonathan Greene: Think of it this way.

Hi William, glad to have you as a part of this awesome community!

BP Forum:I am a remote, out-of-state landlord with two rental properties in the Tampa area. 

This will save you tons of time on the job and minimize delays.

You can definitely integrate Zelle/Venmo into your systems but there's easier ways. 100% agree with this explanation BUT I think there is a sweet spot not mentioned. 

I would make sure you’re able to analyze deals, know market rents for similar properties (and see what you can do to outperform), and understand the costs of the deal from the financial side.

-of the people who are interested, most will want a price that is too high.so out of that, you might get a small number of actual leads / motivated sellers.with that said, though, are you networking with investors and wholesalers? 

Influencers are easy to understand but have no clue what they are talking about.

I'm biased and can provide reasons and data to show that using an agent will protect you, get you more money, less stress and so on.The reality is you can do it yourself, but tenants generally don't cooperate with showings and that causes lots of problems for buyer to access the unit to show, inspections, appraisals etc.

I totally get where you’re coming from, but it seems like more hassle with essentially the same outcome.