Since we’re new to this field, we’re eager to learn more about the process of investing in and purchasing property.

You can get those from numerous syndicators.Another red flag, they seem to be shifting focus from residential real estate to industrial.

I am licensed in numerous states.

Context, we are both business owners in other fields that do not show a lot of personal income.

A new home owner (read me) may have difficult times working with numerical scores and home repair, so now/next/later in priorityis roughly what we're going for.

I have access to capital and would like to get some good advice and wisdom from people who are skilled in this field.

We tested Monday and ended up building our ops around ClickUp as the system of record, with our PMS and automations feeding it.How we run STR ops (high level)PMS drives the truth (reservations, changes, cancellations).Automation pushes events into ClickUp so humans work from tasks, not inboxes.For example: Guesty → webhook → database layer → create/update ClickUp tasks for inquiries + reservations, with custom fields like check-in/out, guest, listing, status, conversation links, etcWe also automate “edge-case ops” like pool heat, early check-in, late checkout, pets, extra guests by generating subtasks/checklists off a request.Where Monday tends to feel greatFast to set up boards, very visual.Good for simple pipelines: turns, maintenance queues, onboarding checklists.Dashboards and “who owns what” is easy for teams that hate complexity.The biggest hurdles / limitations people hit with Monday in STR (in my experience)When the PMS needs to be the source of truthSTR is event-driven: reservation updates, cancellations, date changes, channel messages.If Monday is the “truth”, you end up reconciling drift constantly.Automation ceilingMonday automations are solid for basic triggers, but once you want “if X then create Y tasks, keep them in sync, dedupe, move between pipelines, update 15 fields, attach links”, you start wanting a real workflow engine + database.Data model constraintsSTR ops has “objects”: Reservation, Property, Guest, Work Order, Vendor, Owner, Conversation.Monday is board/item-first, so relationships can get awkward at scale unless you build a lot of glue.High-volume operational noiseHundreds of small updates (date changes, guest count changes, messaging, payments, add-ons) can turn boards into a scroll-fest unless you are very strict about what becomes an item vs a log.If someone is committed to Monday, this is the way I would set it upBoards by function, not by property:Reservations pipeline (pre-arrival, in-house, checkout, post-stay)Turns and housekeepingMaintenance and inspectionsOwner requests and approvalsOne unique ID field per reservation and treat it like a primary key.Use an integration layer (Zapier, Make, n8n, custom) so the PMS updates Monday automatically, not manually.Bottom lineMonday is awesome if your ops are mostly human-driven and you want speed + visibility.

I have had a lot of interest in the house, with numerous pre-qualifications come in, but almost every one states they don't at least have a 600 credit score.

Maintenance is the biggest challenge for the PMC industry and DIYers.It's never fast enough for tenants or cheap enough for owners:(We've extensively customized the PMC software we use, with custom tracking screens, custom fields, custom status codes, custom priorities, etc.

The reasons listed were:• Length of employment• Income insufficient for amount requestedSome details about my situation:Credit score: 740Debt: very low (student loans mostly deferred while in school)Income history:2024 tax return: ~$141k income2025 tax return: ~$152k incomeI work remotely as a nurse in utilization/care management.I worked at Humana for about 2 years, then switched jobs within the same field.I currently have two full-time jobs now.My second job is less than a year old, so I’m wondering if underwriting ignored that income.When I spoke to the lender, they mentioned notes from the underwriter saying:borrower works less than 40 hours (not sure which job they meant)housing ratio exceeds guidelinesSo I’m thinking they may have only counted one job instead of both.I’ve asked my loan officer to appeal the decision and request reconsideration, since I can show 2+ years of stable income in the same field through my tax returns and W-2s.Has anyone been through something similar?