We've been advertising for about 2 weeks and  after screening out several who were obvious they wouldn't be a good match for us for various reasons (bad credit, don't earn enough income, don't want a 12 month lease, etc.) we have our first prospects that look like potential tenants (husband, wife, 2 young children).  

The problems with them is if your house needs extra advertising or extra care to sell it may not work.

We advertise on their box tops the first seven days of the month5.

I think most people don't want to spend the time to advertise, show and figure out how to fill out purchase agreements and all that crap.  

I don't know what your price point is on the house, but being able advertise "luxury master with his & her walk-in closets" is  huge- just ask any selling agent.

I believe that if given the right tools tenants can be a power tool to helping identify and stop problems before they become big issues.To help make this a bit more forum friendly, I will adapt my questions a bit, but here is what I am curious about 2 different areas: Digital Move-inWhen tenants move in and submit damage reports for their rooms, do they do it digitally?

Expect a reposition project to take 2 years, not for a positive cash flow but changing the neighborhood’s perception of the place, this doesn’t happen overnight.I normally look at a project in 3 main areas:1.Management2.Building upgrade’s, repairs and landscaping3.Reposition tenant baseYour tenant base is very important, this will be the people that don’t want to move and that tell their friends what a nice place they live in (free advertising).

All managed through digital photos, text messages, phone calls, and emails by a guy with no renovation experience, again from 1000 miles away.

I havent had to advertise in several years.

@John Casmon thanks a lot and I know with your advertising experience you're primed to nail this in a big way.