Also if your out of town a lot i would find a reliable property manager or a friend that can pretend to be one until you get off the ground.  

Lets pretend you filed single and had no kids etc.  

When you have someone who doesn't know how REI works try to pretend to be your assistant it can get awkward and cluncky.

I wouldn't talk to anyone that pretends they're part of BP—you can tell real employees by their signature (like mine). 

It's making me think its a lot of pretenders wannabe fake investors on BP

But let’s pretend you’re an estimating genius.

And did the same with the kids in the so-called "Best School" kids and put them in the so-called "Worst School"I'd bet the school names would automatically reverse as to best school and worst school--meaning it's the students not the "School" that are being ranked.And I have to say, every time I run across this "School Ranking" /really student ranking/ it seems like Racism (and I don't use that word very often of very lightly).It seems like the old Red Lining system, but pretending that a building, or a certain set of teachers, is causing a rating, but really it's the students causing it.And those who fall in line with this when choosing a house, are simply picking which side of the Red Line they want their kids to be on...who their kids can sit in class with.In reality, I'm a strong Home School supporter (for ALL kids) (so I don't have a dog in this fight)--I'm just an observer, and that's how it looks to me.It's a "Student Ranking", and not a "School Ranking". 

I'm tired of working with someone who pretends to know the law in this area. 

Some yahoos like one of the dozen or so Yardi iterations, but I don't get those folks so I'll pretend it doesn't exist.There is a whole different class of PMSs like RentReady, TenantCloud, Hemlane, etc that CAN be used to do some or all the things you'd prefer, they just won't function AS well for as long as the pro-grade PMSs listed above.So, if this is a side hustle that you'll dabble in for a while and then hop onto the next shiny object that walks by, I'd go with the cheapest or best UX/UI you can find in the second group.IF this is a business that you intend to keep getting better at and pursue with excellence then I'd cut right to the pro-grade PMS and learn to use it masterfully.

Never trust them when they are pretending to convey the guest's wishes.