She's one of my extreme examples, but this is a common story.

Quote from @Solomon Price: We use Streamline, and outside of the setup being extremely tedious, we haven't had any issues yet. 

I have seen this work in high priced markets like San Jose Ca.. where the property owner is a very wealthy business person with no time for rentals and the person they sublet to is close t them either friend or bizz associate and will work the property to make  the delta as the owner just does not want to mess with day to day and there is extreme trust.The other thing I have done personally is with the insurance companies ..

Working with contractors can be extremely difficult as projects get delayed and there is poor communication(red flags were not present before project began).

To recap: Be extremely cautious with flat fee MLS sites that only refer business to other agents.Bonus PointsYou should also consider the ease of use of the flat fee MLS listing provider, for example, can you complete everything online?

Originally posted by @Michael Haas:@Adrian Chu we've been extremely curious about that strategy - essentially "Condo-izing" a single family lot.Was this a hold for you, or did you sell one or both of the units?

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.The City of Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods we’ve analyzed.PM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!

Let's take it to the extreme.

They are just way too slow, unprofessional, and completely incompetent, and it is extremely hard to deal with them.

If the software is not simplifying your life or making you more accurate, you shouldn't use it.Software does have extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.