I listened to the videos and read the material that came with the initial investment.

I feel very comfortable with the screening tenant process and I understand the importance of the face to face interaction.....  

Andrew Johnson “I use Appfolio out of santa barbara, ca its definitely not free and my property mgmt company passes those costs down to me which I think is around 50-60 bucks a month based on number of units under the service.I am able to see all reports from rent rolls, cash flow statements / trailing 12 month cash flow, tenant ledgers, maintenance requests, dialog between tenants and mgmt staff, resolutions to maintenance requests, move in pictures, move out pictures, or video, and many more features.What I like is that it allows the vendors to be in a dialog/text/chat box so they are prepared (vendor) prior to job assignment with lockbox codes, scope of work and pictures before they even go to the site so we dont waste time figuring things out and run up a huge $$$ bill for lack of efficiency.”

Have a look at the videos by them on Youtube to see the reasons the good ones back C Corps. 

Hi @Reggie Maggard,I have been seeing more and more property managers using video walkthroughs in their listings.

I would also do a walk through video and get on camera the condition of place bc if you plan on keeping any of that money you have to be able to prove it if needed.

Glad to have you on here.Advice for this site...1) Set up keywords for your area and interests so that you're notified when they're used and then start interacting.2) Read through  The Ultimate Beginner's Guide3) Go through applicable blogs and forums as there are a lot of great resourcesAdvice for REI...1) Pick a strategy and study up on what you need to know/do for the 1st step and then do it, then repeat for all following steps until you have completed your first investment then repeat the process and keep learning.

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Without going into too much detail I enjoy wearing many hats and interacting with so many different people. 

Use a system that is cloud-based, allows tenants to pay rent for automatic invoicing and late fees, includes a picture and video maintenance requests, and communication to tenants and maintenance people.