Something doesn't add up...I never let any tenants pay multiple months rent up front until they are well established and demonstrated a pattern of paying each month on time. 

Any action a platform takes to advertise their track record runs afoul of this fact pattern and subjects them to risk of enforcement action.  

Guess what happens to that listing agent's local reputation if he makes a pattern of this? 

I'm only licensed in Illinois, and if this were an Illinois case, I would suggest the landlord holds ALL the cards in this fact pattern.  

PM doesn't mind, though, because they pocket another kick back under the table ...Poor tenant screening/selection, which causes increase in late payments (for which PM collects a late fee for themselves), evictions (for which PM collects a fee for), extra repairs (for which the PM gets kickbacks for), greater and more frequent turnover (for which the PM gets an extra fee for) and vacancy ... seeing a pattern here?

I predict half, or more, of these people are going to be shook out of the market, but in the meantime I have to sit in a holding pattern and wait for them to either be foreclosed on or sell at a loss.

@Andrew Reid the SmartMove Credit Report section should list each separate tradeline along with the Payment History for each so that you can see the payment patterns.  

You'll see the patterns.

And since you have a pattern as a flipper you may get tagged with self employment taxes as well.  

That will tell you that the performance is not dependent on a couple of people making short term gains, but a stable performance pattern that is likely to persist.Also, if schools are a high weight in your decision making, I would also suggest looking at things like crime rate, average income in the areas, ethnic concentration, and other factors that generally effect kids at school more than adults at home.