Here is why I made the switch:I use Buildium to manage my rentals end to end and wanted everything in one place, no back and forthresidents pay online via Buildium and the rent is automatically logged in my books for exampleI wanted my business systems and processes in place now so I can just feed the machine as I groweasier for an employee to learn just Buildium vs multiple softwaresSaves moneyI am already paying for Buildium, why keep another monthly QB subscription? 

I have the RemoteLock set up so that when a guest books my place on Airbnb:1. creates a guest code automatically that will only be active for the duration of the guest stay2.

This allows me to grant new codes for every guest (I use the last 4 of their phone number) and it will automatically expire the codes for when I set them.

At first I will be living in the upper unit so I was considering paying the water bill as well as maybe garbage while the lower unit will pay for the water heater - for both units (which will automatically be on their bill). 

Filing bankruptcy creates an "automatic stay," which means that creditors (including a landlord) cannot take any action against the debtor (tenant) without court permission. 

It automatically drops off some loans but others you would have to refinance. 

Rentler handles this by letting you tell it when rent should start being charged ... so the the lease start date doesn't try to do anything automatically with payments.It's all that little stuff that makes life hard for us and makes the tenants hate the software ... and the only way I can figure to avoid it is to just test and test and test. 

You are going to vary how you conduct business depending on where you are delivering services and to whom you are providing them.The purpose of leaving a few basic items, such as a roll of TP or cleaning supplies, for a new tenant is not about trying to influence or change personal behaviour as you appear to believe, but about relationship management, marketing (referrals) and customer retention as @Karen P. and others have identified.Perhaps there is no value in providing any incidentals or welcome gift to new tenants in your market(s), but you shouldn't be too absolute in the conviction that your experience is a global truth.As I mentioned before, just because someone conducts business differently than you, or in a manner with which you disagree, it does not automatically follow that their "real world experience" is any less than yours.  

The book keeping is done automatically as long as I pay for expenses out of the correct accounts.

Hey Brian, if you don't keep it secret to your friends and family that you hold an active real estate license, you should automatically do 3-6 deals a year easily.