Manually or via some automated process?

But I am one of those people who did implement the education and created a network which has helped me create over a million dollars through investing in real estate over the past 3 years.

Great point Olivia, I’ve implemented that as a process for closing.  

@Asia Taylor the best way to automate and scale the business is to hire contractors that can handle the entire project turn key including supplying all materials etc.

Dont pay for proforma rent that the seller hasnt implemented yet

@Nick Johnson  I do not own a property in SD but I do help a friend and fellow STR owner with some of the management (automation) of his property in Mission Beach. 

The best part is the level of automation that you can experience with maintenance tracking.

There are options that can bring a certain level of automation and transparency to your rental management process if you decide to go the DIY route.

The Zestimate is an output from their automated valuation model (AVM).AVMs are great benchmarking tools and they are helpful in analyzing massive amounts of data, but an on-the-ground valuation is usually closer to reality.For some color, at Fannie Mae, we built a discount into the HAMP NPV tool for AVM because it usually overshoots value for a distressed asset. 

There are options that can bring a certain level of automation and transparency to your rental management process if you decide to go the DIY route.