Seeking some wisdom...

[S. Perry]

I am getting fed up with my PM company and my property doesn't even have a tenant yet. We went the PM route for a couple of reasons and the biggie was time. We don't have time to manage a property and all it entails. That being said we may just have to make time.

Perhaps I am being too impatient so I am seeking some advice. This is all new to me and maybe I am in need of a reality check. Be gentle!

My rental should have been rented within days. First problem was a neighbor who was doing a bit of sabotage. This has been resolved (hopefully). We even went the way of a price reduction (below market now). Second issue was that the property ads online (various locations) are not updated as often as one might think they should be. At first it was every other day. That then turned into every 4, every 6 days. Then an entire week went by and a bit of digging showed the property wasn't listed anywhere, in fact online sites were saying that the property had been removed from the posting X number of days ago. I went to the PM company and asked what was going on. Their response was disbelief. Office manager asked me if I was sure. YES. I am sure and that is why I am here. Then I was told that *sometimes* accounts get hacked....ads get removed. I don't know if she was referring to CL and what goes on there at times or what but I know what I saw and the ads were physically removed. At any rate within a day the ads were back online. Property has been shown 5 times in 6-plus weeks. I am not happy with the pictures nor the description they have on the ads. Poor quality cell phone pictures and pretty generic wording. I asked if I could provide different (higher quality pictures) and was refused being told that the pictures don't really matter. I requested yesterday via e-mail if they would PLEASE consider placing a sign in the yard. The house has a massive amount of traffic passing it daily!! I have not gotten a response and no sign has been placed.

I am seriously considering buying my own sign and putting their phone number on it however I have no idea if they are even responding to potential renters!!

For someone with ZERO experience in vetting a tenant.....ZERO experience in being a LL how hard/expensive is it to obtain all the necessary documents (leases, laws, etc...) find a handyman to handle everything needed/when needed AND not fail?