Vetting property management companies

[Damien C.]

Hello folks. I was interested to hear Jered Strurm, on his BP podcast interview, discuss his experiences vetting property management companies. He mentioned having reached out to local property management outfits in the role of a renter, rather than as an investor with a portfolio. And in that way, as I understand it, he was able to get some (grim) insights on how these companies handled their business with tenants and residents. I thought that was a clever, but very logical, strategy. 

Just curious if other investors here have some solid strategies, and/or out-of-the box strategies, for assessing/vetting property management companies.