There's flat fee brokerages, and some FSBO type offerings out there, and there's the NAR's attempts to build the 'Realtors' brand. 

Hi Larry - Cozy is great for rent collection and tenant screening, Stessa is great for financials and accounting, and RentRedi and Buildium are more all in one solutions.

Whether your tenants try to avoid rent largely depends on your screening process.

For one thing we called them Granny Flats.  

As I relocated Im now a long-distance owner / operator and we are getting that under our belt first (in addition to another couple of moves and building a new home).Ive been on Renttec for almost two years now - its really priced right and screening is super fast.

Hi BP community, I recently purchased a three-flat with one vacant unit.

Screen like you always would (or always should).  

We complete the full screening process except background and credit-which applicant pays for.

It’s also an additional screening tool as they know up front that they aren’t getting keys until I confirm util are in their name and they won’t get a hookup without discharging an old account if there’s an unpaid balance.

What is the lowest occupancy I can steer my screening to?