These days standalone sensor with alarm is cheap and good, if you want to use integrated one like simplisafe, it's good as well.

I know of one that is transparent with great integrity. 

Every few years the media does the “ sky is falling “ rant about who’s moving out of California.  

I also personally interview and do a social media screen.

I'm new to re, but have you tried finding wholesale groups on social media and putting out you're a buyer and what you want?

If you don’t have integrated screening with your software a vendor such as national tenant network it’s much better because then you own the screening.

@Eric SullivanSo important and sometimes overlooked.After 40 years plus in real estate, I can say one truth is as follows:If you need to hire an attorney, if you need to go to court......to enforce the terms of a written agreement.......you have already lost......attorney fees billed at $300 an hour mount up faster than a taxi meter......court costs, depositions, expert review and testimony........you will hit $25,000 to $50,000 in legal fees so quick your head will spin......in the meantime, property operation deteriorates.To be clear, I am NOT advocating against having a written partnership agreement - rather pointing out if one gets to the point where legal action is required, that is already be definition a worst case scenario.By all means, a written partnership agreement is mandatory.But....in my opinion, what’s more important than the written word is the character and integrity of your partners - everyone’s willingness to co-operate and work together to make the investment work - understanding one is not always going to get “their way”.

I actually posted on social media, got several recommendations for contractors and followed up on them.

Follow up with your personal circle 10-15X per year via phone, text, email, social media, mail, etc.4.

@Chris West The faster you get away from using those tools, the better you'll do...the #1 goal of 90% of these sites is to 1) steal your information 2) sell your information...the bait is just eye candy...and realtor.com has nothing to do with MLS...boards bump Zillow/Trulia and others routinely...as a profession, these sites erode agents integrity and they don't like it...meaning data sharing is not a priority...and its not accurate.