Real estate stakeholders will need to be agile and well-informed to navigate through these changing tides, balancing risk and opportunity.These two factors will be instrumental in dictating the pulse of the U.S. real estate market.

Really there are manual reading (lowest cost), radio read systems that the owner will do similar to municipalities (generally highest cost as you have to buy the software and radio reading hardware) and finally automated reading where the submetering company reads the meter for you and generates the water bill.

It sounds like you're looking for an automated online bid to rehab the property, right?

I am aware that if the property is above 60-70 units, it can be automated with a hired property manager for cheap.

I want to learn about REI and explore how can I use data and automation to invest better.

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We can also integrate with your property management app, or upstream app, to fully automate from booking to access.  

Automation: Automating expense tracking processes offers numerous benefits for property managers.

I second Taylor's referral for Pete ^^^  He's been instrumental in me standing up my REI business. 

And secondly: As a wholesaler what other steps would people advise me to do to help automate my business?