My wife's tiny little home town in West Texas suddenly got a big boost as they found a bunch of oil nearby the other year and suddenly all bets were off.

Its not used because, and at least from my limit experience, I've never come across two investment that had such similar characteristic that I needed to get that level of precision in my measurement.

Are you planning to flip or buy and hold, from my limited understanding Auckland can be rough for the latter. 

I just want to automate routine AirBnb message traffic so I can limit the amount of time that I'm on my phone during the day while still keep customers happy (VRBO / Homeaway don't seem to need instant responses in my area).  

My knowledge of them is limited so I can't speak to their business model.

I've only begun within the last 5 years, and capital is limited. 

I've learned a ton from her posts here on BP and have called her to pick her brain on market rents in specific areas I'm not as familiar with and have limited MLS rental data in Orlando.

Taking on underfunded investment properties can become very stressful financially and emotionally.Remember - if you decide to wade in now "Cash Flow is king" meaning it needs to cash flow when you buy it don't bet on being able to significantly increase the rent to improve cash flow.Good Luck!   

., but as someone with zero experience, would the single family lot be my best bet?

I bet they will market/sell your phone number.