What property management software or tools would you recommend for tracking rent payments, leases, and maintenance requests?

I’m struggling to understand why all of this is necessary just to use their property management software.

So, they can markup what they paid out and keep the difference.Most PMC industry software has these two options built in.So, it's just a matter of understanding how your PMC is marking up maintenance and not expecting it to be for free.Regarding the specific charges you mentioned - there has to be some level of trust with your PMC. 

2) Handling all the calls3) Scheduling showings - and getting stood up --if you are smart with computers use software like Calendarly (sp?)

You can buy a set of five for under $300, subscription for the recording software is $10 a month, then the cost of WiFi or hotspot.If you've already had a couple break-ins, you are obviously in a high-crime area.

Property management fees and software subscriptions are deductible, and depreciation reduces taxable rental income.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

Also look at pricing softwares and adjust accordingly.

They/you can't choose the carrier - their software assigns it.Fortegra is one of the carriers (paper in insurance parlance) that their product is written on.That said, Fortegra is A- rated I believe by AM Best so that isn't the issue.I'm going to take a guess and say that your umbrella is written with PersonalUmbrella.com (Markel) and they require all underlying insurance to be A-rated but also with an admitted carrier. 

On a more enterprise scale, I employ RevMax software as well as a fractional revenue manager who looks at the prices daily on a market level and a comp set level. 

Never signed up for his program, but you don't really need his software to do section 8.