I guess my experiences are bias because I am the contractor and my partnerships are in place because the investor wants me to handle all aspects of it and get a check.I understand there are some real characters out there which then I can see your reasoning.

However, I can't help but wonder if they are slightly biased towards more expensive (stable) properties, since they are presumably less maintainance (ie a $150K SFR in Plano, TX vs $45K in Irving, TX).

I realize I'm biased, but we partnered with them vs anyone else because we believe that they do have the best product on the market for screening tenants.That said, I definitely also recommend checking out our ultimate guide to tenant screening -- a worthy read with some more details on using Smartmove along with lots of other valuable suggestions.

Not from an auction company as they tend to be biased on that process and it's success rate BUT from an investor frequently purchasing at different ones.It's important that people use the word auction broadly but it can mean many different things.

@Lupe Rodriguez - I'm biased because we live/work/invest in Memphis, but one reason we do is because the tenant/landlord laws are reasonable. 

I'm a licensed CRE Agent in Austin, TX, so mind you I'm biased as hell.Commercial can be an excellent route to go down.

If you go this route, recommend clear written leases, same gender as you, setting clear chores/cleaning schedules, and such.

As @Jay Hinrichs said, many markets in the south and midwest are pretty interchangeable numbers-wise (though of course I'm biased toward Birmingham ;)  so the people you work with really are the crucial aspect of those types of turnkey investment.

I like lawyers.com better because there is less room for bias in the way that they rate lawyers. 

Marcus Auerbach I'm a little biased because he is a friend but he has great drive, incredible work ethic, and very honest, which is very difficult to find in a contractor in Milwaukee.