There are a lot of great options out there; aside from providing the basics (ie. listing tool to get the property published to 10+ major sites, scheduling tool to schedule viewings, tenant screening with comprehensive applications which include nationwide criminal background checks + credit checks + eviction history, digital lease creation tool, rent collection tool, and maintenance tracking tool), some services also offer your tenants additional capabilities which makes it an easier sell on your end when getting them to transition over (ie. all of the other tools in addition to their ability to report on-time rent payments to the credit bureaus; this can create an added incentive for making sure they pay that rent on time).

Article from HousingWire:The National Association of Realtors drew a line in the sand between homebuyers and investors, but one investor says he’s had enough.NAR made its stance on investors clear on several occasions: Investors are creating more competition for first-time homebuyers, possibly even keeping them from homeownership.Back in January, the initial public offering for Blackstone Group’s single-family rental operator, Invitation Homes, became one step closer to reality, as the company disclosed the terms of its initial public offering.What was unusual about this deal was the fact that it happened with the backing of mortgage giant Fannie Mae, as noted in the Wall Street Journal.NAR did not wait long to criticize the GSE, sending a letter to Mel Watt, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, according to an article by Lorraine Woellert for POLITICO.

I have bid on properties before on Hubzu and Auction.com but this was the first time I drew up an actual purchase agreement, a POF letter and submitted an EMD check all on my own.

They just sent a letter to him out of the blue and he had 30 days to get it back in his name or pay it off.

I typed up the letter but put them in a hand written addressed envelope.

Digitize physical receipts for easy storage.

write them a polite letter, with your request for payment with the option(s) that work for you. 

Thanks for calling but not interested at this time.That week we received a letter in the mail and 3 phone calls. 

a series of digits (phone number), or what the sign said "We Buy Houses".They obviously remember the text.

So, in comes the acceptance letter for the University of Houston's Psychology Ph.D. program, my ticket to financial freedom.