I didn’t like collecting the rent every month.

Because no photos exists pre move in the fact is you don't have any proof one way or the other. 

How best can we connect collectively?

Stop and think about the difference between investing in either single family homes or multi-unit properties where you tenants stay an average of 2 years, you only need to collect the rents once every 30 days and maybe 1 or 2 times per year your tenant has some sort of maintenance issue like their water heater or garbage disposer goes on the blink.When you invest in airbnb's your cost to furnish them is higher, your cost to constantly rent them is higher, you may have 50 to 100 different tenants every year and you need to clean inside and outside every unit every time a guest leave.

This accuracy and ability to keep simple and accurate records is because I develop my own software applications with MS Access and I develop accounting systems that are foolproof, idiot-proof and my recordkeeping systems and software has checks and balances that totally eliminate mistakes.You can do the same for 3 units with paper and Excel.

@Wesley Mullen unless those matched funds have some lengthy vesting period AND you know you wont be at the company to collect them, always take the match.

I started as a mechanic worked up to finance to start my departure from working for someone else so I can work for myself and enjoy my wife, kids, and grand kids.back to how to do this why you work hard.1. bullet proof pre qual2. know in advance the area your interested in.3. make offers subject to inspections.. 4. once YOUR IN contract then go with the inspector and view the home then.. with the quality of pictures these days and if your in a hot market trying to wait for you to look at it your going to lose deals like crazy.. 

What is the best form of collecting rent from long distance tenants?

@Jaeyy-R Beats google NJ Rims and it should have the registration information and possibly the last certificate of inspection. other than that, you would have to call trenton (DCA) to find out if there are violations/fines. you definitely would have to register the house. you could never evict a tenant without providing proof of registration. 

Rentometer simply collects data from user generated input and listings of rental data and surveys they conduct, so some of this data may be greatly fluctuating, because it pulls from landlords who only post on sites like zillow, zumper, etc.