I listened to the videos and read the material that came with the initial investment.

Andrew Johnson “I use Appfolio out of santa barbara, ca its definitely not free and my property mgmt company passes those costs down to me which I think is around 50-60 bucks a month based on number of units under the service.I am able to see all reports from rent rolls, cash flow statements / trailing 12 month cash flow, tenant ledgers, maintenance requests, dialog between tenants and mgmt staff, resolutions to maintenance requests, move in pictures, move out pictures, or video, and many more features.What I like is that it allows the vendors to be in a dialog/text/chat box so they are prepared (vendor) prior to job assignment with lockbox codes, scope of work and pictures before they even go to the site so we dont waste time figuring things out and run up a huge $$$ bill for lack of efficiency.”

Andrew Johnson “I use Appfolio out of santa barbara, ca its definitely not free and my property mgmt company passes those costs down to me which I think is around 50-60 bucks a month based on number of units under the service.I am able to see all reports from rent rolls, cash flow statements / trailing 12 month cash flow, tenant ledgers, maintenance requests, dialog between tenants and mgmt staff, resolutions to maintenance requests, move in pictures, move out pictures, or video, and many more features.What I like is that it allows the vendors to be in a dialog/text/chat box so they are prepared (vendor) prior to job assignment with lockbox codes, scope of work and pictures before they even go to the site so we dont waste time figuring things out and run up a huge $$$ bill for lack of efficiency.”

Have a look at the videos by them on Youtube to see the reasons the good ones back C Corps. 

I am not sure there was an exact time I can recall when a given rental veered towards autopilot (popular book on that topic, too, btw, Landlording on Autopilot)...

Hi @Reggie Maggard,I have been seeing more and more property managers using video walkthroughs in their listings.

However, since yellow letters have become popular in real estate investing, moving away from yellow may be necessary in your market.

I would also do a walk through video and get on camera the condition of place bc if you plan on keeping any of that money you have to be able to prove it if needed.

. :-) http://www.bing.com/videos/search?

Xero is becoming more popular, but QBO probably has 80% market share.