Very easy to use, sleek interface, built in support for Schlage Encode locks.But we needed to collect security deposits and wanted a direct booking site. 

This is what I use in all my properties, once their staged and on the market (don't want anyone stealing the furniture):http://lasershield.net/There's no reason you couldn't use it in your properties from the time you take possession.You don't need a phone line...they have a wireless interface that will call you if there is a break-in, and if you don't respond (or don't want to disable the alarm when it calls you), their monitoring center will notify the police.Luckily, I've never had a real alarm, but the couple times an agent has entered a house without calling ahead, I got proof that this system works just as expected.

Been thinking about taking a mini-road trip to PA to check out some distressed properties over the next few weekends after browsing through properties listed in NJ, NY, and CT and coming to the conclusion that the numbers don't make as much sense for investing up in these regions (either the property taxes are too high or the rent-to-price ratios are too low).What would be a reasonable price range to target?

Is easy to use interface important for them?

Search and browse the community, education, marketplace and tools bars on top of the site to see what information is available. 

This is both a good and a bad thing, bad because its off season and currently there is not much work, but very good in the aspect of I have more time to submerge myself as much as possible during the off season.I've been a member for about 6 months with never so much as browsing the site.

In the meantime, I'm going to browse through Meetup.com and see what else is being offered.

There is a ZERO percent chance that this deal would have happened by browsing redfin or just checking your inbox for automated emails from a salesperson... that's just not the world we live in, let's be real.He walked into over 1/3 of $1m of free equity.

But if I ever want to turn off one of those, it's simple to go into the interface and adjust a particular guest's messages.  

But since a high number of prospective tenant leads come from Zillow, I can certainly see the benefit of allowing applications right in the same interface.