Quote from @Matt Wan: Can I purchase a property using a traditional mortgage without being physically present for any part of the process?

Its great awareness for investors to know products coming. 

While it's user-friendly and fine for selling physical products, its scalability for managing multiple rental properties is limited compared to WordPress.

It doesn't add layers of physical damage coverage or cover things that wouldn't otherwise be covered.

My friend and I are planning to buy an investment property (My second his first). It would be his primary residence so most likely a duplex or triplex house hack. We are running into a roadblock of him getting approve...

Yes, You can buy and asset, fix it up and rent it out to make money without you physically having to work for the money. 

As the market evolves we've intensified our commitment to helping investors focus only on listings that are eligible for vacation rental usages and either; have exceptional existing production or high potential for rental performance.

LexisNexis has a product called "Accurint".

What I did get, was on a marketing email list that sells their other virtual products.

This way if there’s physical damage by residents the company pays the first $500 to fix it.