Hi Allen, another great alternative, if things don't work out with your PM, is a landlord platform that offers you the tools to bring a little bit of automation to managing your own rental (ie. publish 1 listing that syndicates to 10+ core listing partner sites, comprehensive tenant screening, digital lease creation, online rent collection and maintenance request management and tracking).

I get all sorts of calls on our rental grade stuff from locals.but when I dug into it out of curiosty.. they give you an automated offer in my case 674k to 750k for as is cash offer.but if I wanted to retail it they said 1.1 to 1.2 and here is a list of 3 top agents in Lake Oswego.. 

Some even offer their own automated programs set up just for this but they may charge a fee.If they don’t have an automated program for additional payments but do allow for additional payments, you may have to send in a physical check and sometimes to a different address.

Then I completely switched industries into home automation, with a focus on networking and programming their proprietary software.

https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/530/topics/677062-str-automation-resources?

How are you automating the the process of finding ARVs?

In fact, we just had a bank appraisal for a re-fi that put it $115,000 higher than our purchase price.The bottom line is that any of the automated home valuation tools are no better than a VERY rough guess. 

And of course I have a step by step process for you to follow because I believe in developing systems and checklist to improve your effectiveness and to later automate your business.

Those with automated systems can contact those owners, in a matter of a few hours, if they are calling the homeowners.If you are just starting out, I would suggest you just go out and drive for dollars.

We are actually thinking about ways to automate outreach for these properties in our market.