The theory is that then a tenant must be present, or at least have given the fob to someone with permission. 

Nor does the tenant need landlord permission to run this type of service.

Give them written permission to have the others as long-term guests, and that that permission can be revoked at any time.Yes, they could end up being considered "tenants," but if you need to kick them out, you should be able to do it with a 30 day notice, as they'd not be on a lease, so the most they could claim, as tenants, is a month-to-month agreement.  

At the time of the showing, I would ask about communication and give them the opportunity to say "ok, here is our plan, I'll give you permission to contact my interpreter about rental issues." - or anthing else which would work.So basically, no it wouldn't be an automatic deal killer. 

The online service will then email the potential tenant asking their permission to pull credit.

I think you missed the point of my entire post, which was that I would gladly accept a PM contract in which I was only paid a percentage of rent, and nothing else - unless I was to oversee damage that was not a direct result of the tenant I vetted.But yes, the subject at hand is bad PM contracts which do include such crazy clauses.For instance, the PM my daughter hired, severely trimmed a once-beautiful tree in the backyard of her property, using their own guy, on a weekend to get higher weekend rates, calling it an "emergency," which meant they did not have to contact my daughter for permission to do the deed. 

This is something the local Board (SABOR) takes very seriously and people have been sued for disclosing sales prices without seller permission.  

If you rent to students you want to rent to grad students, and you want the grad students who are too exhausted to party :-)  I advertised on the law student website for vacancies (with the housing director's permission) and I told my tenants if they refer someone I rent to, they get a $100 rent credit. 

In our lease it states that the tenant must ask permission before making permanent modifications to the property, it also states that any tenant upgrades shall become the property of the landlord when completed and paid for by the tenant, and shall remain on and in the apartment on the expiration of this Lease.I am curious to hear what others do, when a tenant wants to make an upgrade that is an improvement to the property?

Mine specifically states the people on the lease only may live there, no one else, and has exact number of days a guest is allowed without obtaining written permission from me.