TurboTenant Reviews anyone?

[Shaun R.]

I'm getting closer and closer to owning my first rental property and I'm scrambling to figure out how I'm going to accept applications, collect rents, etc....  I'm looking through their website, and TurboTenant seems like a pretty good service.  Has anyone had any experience using their service?  

[CJ Ashton]

As I don't have many properties, I tend to piecemeal my management.

1.  I advertise through Zillow Rental Manager and Craigslist.  Hits all the major sites and I've never had a problem finding potential tenants.

2.  I still use paper (or online fillable pdf) applications because I like to have some specific questions that I feel are important and most of the online services don't allow customization of their applications.

3.  I use SmartMove for background checks.

4.  I use cozy.co or some other free (to both me and the tenant) electronic method to collect rent.

The idea is to keep this process free and easy for the tenant.  I want as much of the tenant's money as possible to be focused on paying their deposit and full rent on time.  That's why I don't charge an application fee and try to find free electronic methods of payment.  The only thing the tenant gets charged for is the background check, which is done when we've pretty much settled on them as the best candidate.