I had fancy UC Berkeley online library access, so I did what anyone in that position would do and read all the peer reviewed academic literature on bed bugs written by people with Ph.D after their name (including pre-modern remedies that worked & still work), and over the course of a few months eliminated the infestation myself - chemical free.

@Christian Wamsley you will have access to shop properties online while you are overseas, but this would just be to keep an eye on the market.

If you are in LA City limits you can find a lot of good info here.http://zimas.lacity.org/And here.http://ladbs.org/If you are in County territory they have info online too.

The title rep can give the realtor online access to their title companies online platform whichit makes available to its customers.

So if I get let's say 20 properties, and I'm managing them under some online software system, doing the accounting through quickbooks, should I keep separate bank accounts for each property? 

After listening to about 30 hours of multiple podcasts, tons of youtube videos, skimming through facebook groups (which btw; half these people in these groups can barely structure a sentence and are full of online drama), calling these "guarantee you 5+ deals a day programs" and after hearing they require a payment of $5,500 for information I can get for free online, I am a little weary and I'm wondering if this is as easy as 80% of people who are doing it are claiming it be ?

Once you give these tips a chance to work, you will get more out of your day and your business will thrive.

Does anyone have experience with any  rent pay online platforms?

Thanks for the tip and feedback!

I would take pictures to show that they aren't living there and then you need to store the left over belongings for 30 days.