I'm self managing and therefore need an online rent collection portal.

If you don’t have capital, you’re unsafe.

It flips the online story quickly.Safety & curb appeal: Better lighting, landscaping, and visible security changes perception immediately.Small, consistent steps like these can move a C-minus to a C+ surprisingly fast.

Prioritize value that boosts NOI and appraisal without heavy disruption: pave or gravel the drive for cleaner parking, replace unsafe stairs/decks or at least tighten, paint, and add railings, and give the exterior a quick win with lighting, mailbox numbers, and simple landscaping for curb appeal.

That improves the block, raises tax revenue, reduces blight, and gives buyers move-in-ready options.If investors stopped buying distressed houses tomorrow, you’d see:• fewer renovated homes• more unsafe/dated properties sitting vacant• lower neighborhood appeal• and fewer entry-level houses anyone actually wantsThat doesn’t help affordability, it hurts it.The real driver of rising prices is supply versus demand, not whether an investor bought the house first.

Prohibition on Unsafe or Unauthorized Maintenance Work.

I have looked around online and found NREIG (National Real Estate Insurance Group).

@Kody Smith plenty of good PM software out there but for bookkeeping we recommend QuickBooks Online (QBO).

Quote from @Allan Smith: This seems to be a nebulous topic online, not a lot of info about it other that "you should do it, it's great!"

Search the county probate court recordsMost probate filings are public.In many counties (including Alabama), you can search online for:the deceased owner’s nameestate filingsopen probate casesIf it’s in probate, you’ll usually see an estate case with a personal representative listed.2.