Your bank can give you instructions to share with tenants so they can set up direct deposit from their bank to yours, without software.

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I have a deal under contract with fantastic numbers whereas if I can find a lender that lends based on ARV it would limit my out of pocket costs and give me the ability to go out and do more deals.

I stay away and do not allow the 5 piece vinyl sets because the seems fail.  

You can do most of the screening process and background check part from afar and get a new tenant set.

The equity and profit would all be split based on money put into the deal, so I would have 20% equity and would be entitled to 20% off the net profit.Here is my issue: both of them are pretty set on holding the property free and clear (10+ years) because their primary goal is solid cash flow and secondary income to their businesses which can be seasonal.

Truthfully, my sights are set more on eliminating my expenses and living more frugally in the next few years than they are set on becoming some sort of millionaire investor—but I think that if my first deals are successful, I can definitely see myself wanting to take on real estate as a serious career pursuit a little further down the road.

For those looking more aggressively, the Pro subscription offers the full set of daily properties (10+ daily), plus usually another 30-40 in a (filterable by state and city) google sheet that didn't make the cut.

It comes down to setting expectations; did any of the applicants provide specific, detailed reasoning for backing out? 

Despite setting up alerts on Zillow, Redfin, and realtor.com, as well as utilizing alerts through realtors, I am consistently facing challenges in finding suitable deals.