Detail out everyone in your phone, linkedin, FB, IG, your BB buddies, your schoolmates, everyone who would potentially do business with you or feed your business. 

@Chavel Diaz Jr>> You have to use your actual phone number from your phone or secondary phone.

Does zillow do all the required background checks for tenant screening or should I also look for any additional options?

Maybe if you can take a week of vacation or sick time or PTO or whatever you can to get some extra phone time in.#4 Before you do any of that while you're prepping to get started is detail out all your databases. 

Challenge is, finding a PMC that meets your expectations and is organized well enough to consistently deliver.Read on for our copy & paste advice about screening PMCs:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

Scrutinize contracts related to services like laundry, internet, cable, and phone.4.

TL;DR* Aggressively pushing 'maintenance' and for the most part for things not requiring any maintenance* In-house maintenance rates are eye-watering, way higher than what you'd see in even most expensive markets* Maintenance does not require owner's approval - RL reserves decision what to do when, cheaper plans have higher limits and all are at RL's discretion * Refuses to manage in many parts of townLonger versionSigned up for their service after a few conversations over the phone - owner stressed investor-friendly approach.

Owners mistakenly ASSUME all PMCs offer the exact SAME SERVICES and PERFORM those services EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, so price is the only differentiator.So, the first question they usually ask a PMC is about fees - instead of asking about services and HOW those services are executed.EXAMPLE: PMC states they will handle tenant screening – what does that specifically mean?

Here's a guide on how to screen tenants.I recommend you include some of your key qualification criteria in the advertisement.

If you know the sellers didn't see the offer to extend and verbally agreed, I'd tell the listing agent that (call using someone else's phone).