I am currently renting and I really dislike it.  

what areas of so cal do like/dislike right now?

They had 14 offers in 3 days, most from flippers, they went two rounds, I think I had 5 or 6 phone calls with the agent that day, he certainly did not tell me what the other offers were, but I had enough of a sense to know it is competitive as expected and we built great rapport; got it under contract for 161k cash and no contingencies, which aparently is 50k more than the lowest offer they had (flippers with hard money - agent had been burnt before and disliked hard money to begin with, wanted to see actual funds in my account).

I would like to hear from property owners what they like and dislike about their current pm, so I can implement and create the best service for my future clients.

., I know how that song goes too, the "pretend interest" just to be able to put you on a list, I dislike that practice and always make sure that I am sending something if and only if I have double checked to make sure most of the criteria matches up with notes given.

I dislike PM companies or at least the ones in my area. 

I did a thread on why I dislike Arbitrage.

Here’s the kicker As much as I dislike his business model the man is a multi -multi millionaire .

HOA boards often dislike or prohibit rental units because they see it as hurting their value, so you are fighting that too.Do yourself a favor and stay away from condos.

I dislike keys.