I've made a excel spreadsheet that works pretty good and calculates the buy boxes and even automatically calculates loan payments, estimates property taxes & insurance, and even gives a feedback loop of a rough estimate based on the values I've entered.

Even though I skipped the tenant input and invitation screen, the system still sent out messages after I later entered email address in the tenant data profile.Do other property management platforms operate in autopilot?

There are other hot markets worth considering as well, but the right choice really depends on your budget, timeline, and how hands-on you want to be.Whether partnership is the right path depends on whether you want to stay hands-off long-term or only while you learn, and whether you’re comfortable splitting profits with a partner.For new investors or investors entering a new market, it’s important to validate your numbers with people who work in that segment every day.

This is a great way to enter real estate investing by living in one unit and renting out the others.

Quote from @Juan Yepes: The path to scale a successful investment platform is through speed and creativity.After entering 24 markets across the Americas and Europe and closing over 4,500 real estate transactions I can confirm that the most value is found in the most complicated deals.

Down payments, reserves, and inspections are proportionally larger.How to Decide Which Is Right for YouChoose a Single-Family Home if:You value ease of management and reduced operational complexity.You’re investing out of state and want simpler tenant demographics.You’re long-term appreciation-focused and comfortable with lower cash flow.You prefer stable tenants and less frequent turnover.Choose Multifamily if:Cash flow and income resilience are top priorities.You’re comfortable with more moving parts and more frequent communication.You plan to scale and want more efficient use of time and capital.You want to enter house hacking, or you want a stepping-stone into larger multifamily later.Ultimately, neither asset class is inherently better.

Trying to gather helpful insights for new investors entering the space.

Credit card transactions still have to be entered manually.We actually use QuickBooks Online (QBO) for our accounting since it gives us more flexibility and reporting options.I’d also love to see an in-app calling feature (right now it’s text only).More flexibility to create custom CRM statuses would be nice too.I haven’t tried many other platforms yet, but for now AppFolio and QBO covers most of what we need pretty well.

I am tossing around entering into Peter Conti's Commercial Dream Partner's program, for a few reasons. 

I like Stessa and found it user friendly but it took a long time to enter things in for each property.