We are especially unhappy with the service now, considering that was one of their highly touted features when they first started offering it.Does anyone know of any other online payment service which only allows for full payments or at least allows the Landlord to chose between full and partial payments?

They do in fact (or until recently) tout how all of their Trust Deeds are performing, so it's very eye opening to learn this may not be the case.  

He made the big doughnut on the deal, but he proudly touts that "everyone got paid".

I think your most profitable flips right now in DFW are absolutely in the $250 - $400k ARV range, located in the hot school districts I continue to tout...Richardson, Grapevine/Colleyville, Fisco & Plano. 

An ad in a local classifieds magazine touted very cheap eight unit multi-family converted from an old school building in the small town of Rushville, IN.

HOWEVER, they tout and publicize all these "no money down techniques".

@Bryan Hancock then would you say the house-hacking strategy that gets touted a lot here isn't a very good one for the Austin area right now? 

To deny climate change outright is foolish.However, the degree of change is so minuscule that it would never be noticed in several lifetimes.Do not be surprised if 10 years from now the media will tout warnings of a global ice age.Just look at history:https://anhonestclimatedebate.wordpress.com/2009/08/02/climate-change-alarmism-timelin/

So, I  have always wondered why the FHA 3. 5% with permanent PMI is usually touted as an introduction vs conventional with less than 3.5% downpayment and temporary PMI. 

You're seeing headlines touting Detroit's appreciation.