Smart Home Rental Property?

[Julie Marquez]

Does anyone use or see any benefit from having smart home technologies in their rental properties? Obviously, it depends on the quality of the home. My rentals are class B neighborhood type homes and small apartments.

I'm pretty ignorant to the whole smart home product line, a programmable thermostat and remote garage door opener is the fanciest I've used. Are there other products that could be helpful as a landlord? I just see it as more troubles, more maintenance, more that can break. Am I missing anything useful for rental land smart homes?

[Lesley Resnick]

I always thought if I got into the AIRBNB business, I would use that technology to monitor and control the house without going onsite.  I could change the codes for the locks and shut off the A/C after the guests leave.