Perform the same task in each app to ensure a fair comparison.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.Run a credit/screening report on yourself.Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.Enter charges to the tenant's ledger.Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.Sign documents electronically.Run owner reports.After testing a few apps, one should clearly stand out.

That said, it was easy for me to have my own custom site built through a 3rd party developer on UpWork, and then connect it to OwnerRez with their Wordpress plugins and short codes.I feel the cost is relatively small and worth it.I also pay separately for PriceLabs dynamic pricing engine, which I plug into OwnerRez, which for the extra $20/month, I find easily pays for itself.

It’s easy to get caught in analysis paralysis when thinking of deals and opportunities and I cannot overstate how much having this book help me with my personal roadmap has aided in my journey.

If you're as good as you claim to be, it should be easy to show that the rewards outweigh the risk. 

I use HubSpot as my CRM—super easy to navigate and it syncs up well with other stuff I use.

The other thing to keep in mind with self-showing lockboxes is that it's incredibly easy for someone use it as rent scam.

Series LLC’s are easy as many accounts as you need! 

Like "renting to section 8 tenants is actually really easy", "your agent is not on your team just connect with people like me doing hundreds of deals every day and use my team instead", that hood properties will have "15-25% net caps" for beginner out of state investors when in reality they will definitely lose money every month due to the rent not being enough $ to maintain a rental property, never mind all the tenant issues involved with this property class or the difficulty of managing them remotely... but he's done thousands of them just this week while sitting on the beach in Florida... 

We have an Emerson Sensi that is very easy for the guest to adjust but I can see it and make adjustments as necessary.For the most part, guests are pretty respectful of the temps.

These easy cosmetic value adds get your rents/cashflow up and create some equity while also attracting the best tenants.