If you are going to try to scale your business quickly with a ton of properties, it may make sense to get ahead of the technology curve.I agree with some thoughts that even if you only have one property, the sooner you treat it like a business, the more it will help you in the long run to effectively manage your properties.Anyways, just my two cents. 

@Julian Pilate-Hutcherson We work almost exclusively with OOS investors and it's a mixed bag...I sold 3 MF properties this month to folks that have never been to the state...and I have another set of clients that have been in the market for months and make routine visits to the city...I think it has a lot to do with comfort-level...truth told, we can leverage technology and get every possible detail on the table for review to make a pretty informed buy/pass decision...combined with an inspection and appraisal, there is really no need to be here in person looking at deals....

None of the technology companies I've worked at would ever consider external submissions to internal communication lists.

More of a cost of technology issue for something like that.

I am pretty impressed with DoorLoop it feels like a more complete Rentredi with better backend technology stack and a United-based support team. 

I spend much of my day reading & talking with people about the current RE market conditions, and for now,  Houston and much of Texas has faired well, so we are using caution when showing homes, and using technology to streamline much of the transactions.

Their website basically shows they have all the same features as showmojo, so I'd guess I'd have been happy going with them as well.I'll also be trying out the self-show codeboxes that integrate with either platform - I know many PMs don't care for the idea of using these self show boxes, but I'm a sucker for technology and if they might provide a potential for shorter vacancies, and increased prospect and personal convenience, I'm willing to test them out.

You could put it UC, get a virtual walkthrough by your PM or realtor when you have the exclusive window (or god willing you could fly in, although I think this is totally trivial with today's technology), and then still get out of the contract if it turns out that you don't like what you saw.

Computers and technology sometimes become wildly unpredictable, and if you’re smart you still make sure they do exactly what they were programmed for and never forget the importance of trust and verify.

We're still picking up the pieces of his mess, but between the overcharge and the re-done work, we estimate that hiring him was a $6500 mistake.The second in Plumbsmart Technologies.