Amazon Alexa in your rentals? Other smart home technology?

[Trevor Hansen]

A recent article in the WSJ covers how Amazon is partnering with property managers and property owners to put Alexa and other smart home technology in multi-family and other rentals.

I see a long list of pros and cons to this.

Anyone currently currently offering this? What has your experience been?

if you are not offering it, have you considered it or never thought of it?

Very interested to hear others opinions on this.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-plan-to-move-in-to-your-next-apartment-before-you-do-11559361605

[Melissa Wesling]

Hi! We don't have the partnership with them, but we have already been using some smart technology in our STRs.  The smoke alarms, carbon monoxide, and thermostats, as well as an alarm in the basements to let us know if there is water detected.  We like being connected to the home in these ways for temperature control, etc since we manage from out of state.  We put Alexa speakers in 2 STRs because we thought guests would like them for music, but it seems the guests always unplug them, so I'm not certain how often they are even used.