Zillow Rental Manager vs Apartments.com vs Avail

[Stephen E.]

I'm about to go from 9 doors to 15 doors (yay me!). I haven't needed an online payment processor before because 6 of my units are out of state with a property manager so I don't deal with them. I currently have 2 long term renters I manage. But with the new building I'll soon be managing 8 long term renters. I want an easy way to accept online payments.

I'm thinking I will use transunion (Smartmove) to screen the tenants. But does anyone have experience using these property management solutions? Avail looks interesting as they have a personalized website option that I like, and they list your property across a lot of platforms. But they charge $5 per door to avoid charging your tenants to pay using their bank accounts. And that turns me off.

Apartments.com looks like the best/most thorough. And I like their expense tool. But I'd love to hear everyone's experience.

One thing about Zillow is I feel like their reputation has really been tarnished recently.

Anyway, thanks for any input!