Seeking help from realtors, meeting with financiers can be instrumental in handling such investments as these are areas where one would need experts’ advice, lawyers or financial analysts for guidance!

To your second point, we're currently working on automating this property feed so that we can notify users of promising properties when they hit the market.

Document signing and such, ours in podio even sends to title co as an automation

It shows up on most automated background checks.

The cost estimate is semi-automated right now but rehab prices are very local.

What systems do you fellow investors put in place to automate/streamline your processes using software and other methods.  

The reason why remote service is more common is because accountants have a knack for utilizing technology to automate processes and eliminate unnecessary steps in the tax prep process.

You need a guestbook, check-in procedure, automated emails, etc.

Automated to the brim.

And, you should be able to identify and distinguish all sorts of instruments that are used - mortgages, assignment of mortgage, subordination agreement, mortage modification, lien release, etc.