Crooks know properties advertised for rent are vacant and easy targets.Now, if your PMC decided to do self-showings, they should have also taken responsibility for any resulting damages.

We don't allow any "deal-making" in the forums, which includes advertising your services or properties, looking for partners, etc.

To deter the break-ins you need to have window coverings on all the windows, a light on and not advertise that the unit is vacant.

Further, deals that are “great deals” aren’t advertised as such; they are identified through analysis using information not readily known and negotiated on a one to one basis.  

I recommend you include some of your key qualification criteria in the advertisement.

We don't allow any "deal-making" in the forums, which includes advertising your services or properties, looking for partners, etc.

thanks for your time and help 1st off, full disclosure here, Rent To Retirement advertises their properties on my Investment Properties For Sale Show, so I am not a totally unbiased opinion and it's only fair that I tell you this up frontHaving said that, outside of running my show for people like them, I also own a property management company in Northeast Ohio and have worked with 1,000's of out of state investors over the years.I say all of that to say this, the overwhelming majority of negative reviews I have seen on them are very similar to a lot of negative experiences investors have with my property management company and others like it that I've worked with.

Some numbers:Expected 2026 income after raising rents to market value and assuming 7% vacancy: $144k.Expenses: $14k property management, $18k property tax, $10k insurance, $10k utilities, $8k in repairs/maintenance/advertising/admin/etc: Total operating expenses: $60kNOI: $84kBased on 6% cap rate that brings the valuation to only $1.4m, or $1.5m based on 5.5% cap rate.

I'd say we have found most by word of mouth, CL, or vendor truck advertising.

I haven't personally dealt with any crazy insurance premiums such as the ones people have been advertising in like Tampa, FL.