Salesforce.com) as I work for a large Fortune 500 company in sales and utilize their platform on a daily basis to manage our opportunity pipelines, contacts, and deal approvals.

I've got a decent understanding on how long term (passive/semi-passive) rentals work, however I want to transition into the real estate industry full time and feel as if short term rentals will create a better platform for a business. 

Give someone like @Jay Hinrichs a HELOC like that, and he'll immediately turn around and lend that money he borrowed at 2% out to someone else at like 14%, and good for him.Quick note, HELOCs are often used as a cross-selling platform.

Now, the reason that keeps me going even days when I don't want to do it is to give people hope that you can become someone and provide a role model and platform for the next generation to follow.

But 3 or 4 weeks ago, Moody's Analytics announced the release of their own data platform called Real Estate Information Services Network.

Buildium is a pretty good platform. you can see all expenses and income.

New member to platform Fayetteville NC

I diligently watch the paper, craigslist, and the auction platforms. 

As we continue to build our own portfolio of properties, I am considering opening my own property management company in my core market.Based on my experience and study, I feel the local property management complanies are not that sophisticated and I have access to deed records and other resources that I can get to the owners of over 1500 properties on the platforms pretty easily. 

In my opinion, the bigger and more valuable answer to your question is to step back and look at the bigger picture fundamentals first.