No cell phones, no texts, no online portals and rent payments, no electronic signatures, some email, newspaper ads and a lot of door knocking (I can almost feel some of you more seasoned PM vets nodding out there). 

Box; rent can only be paid by deposit.For your convenience, the nearest location to your home is 123 Main Street, City, or you can execute a bank-to-bank transfer using the routing number provided.If you have any questions, concerns or maintenance issues, you may call or text my cell phone at <Google voicemail>, or you may email me at the address listed at the top of this notice.Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions about this transition or any other pertinent issue.Sincerely,<you, the PM>

Off to Oregon I went for 20 days with spotty cell service with much anticipation of closing on the new property when I returned. 

Get a local cell number (you'd be surprised what a big deal this is to some people!).

But a fat  wad of greasy twenties stinking of sin...I'm just a man, Cody.

He gave me advise on preventative maintenance, a couple of tips he had learned along the way, and gave me his cell phone number and said to give him a call if I ever had a question or needed advise on a rental matter.   

I'm curious what the pricing model is like for smaller rentals since they need to deploy a cell router at the property.

We had LLC's & yet she tracked us down by my name & our cell phone #'s.

Utility collections go hand-in-hand with that, if they don't pay their lights/gas, their home expense isn't top priority (over say, a cell phone payment or cable), so you can expect rent won't be top priority above all else.I rent mostly in low-c areas to immigrant populations, so my tenants don't always have social security numbers and credit scores.

New tenant moved in Sept 1st into back lower unit.A friend on behalf of him is using his cell via text to contact me.