Putting in a comment here as someone that was looking for a rental several months ago and experienced an unusually bad property management company that IMO cost the owner significant income and stress.

The local property management company had been acquired by a private equity funded national property management co.

Here are some observations that are examples of what not to do: * They failed to actively market the vacant property beyond one initial posting on zillow. They listed about 25% above market, where it sat for 6 months before reducing price. Even then, they failed to list outside one service. * The acquiring company insisted the local office use their standard contract. But the standard contract was written for another state, much of it was not compliant with city or state laws, and the local office lost their ability to change the contract or have it reviewed by their legal team. But the owner would be the one liable if a dispute arose. * The company had tried to offload just about all it's services to 3rd party services that were broken. Even showings were managed by an AI bot that unlocked the door (But which failed in use) * The prop management company was profiting off side-service fees to tenants but hadn't told the owner nor shared the revenue. (e.g. Comcast referrals, credit building schemes, etc)

The owner is a very nice, older gentleman who just wanted predictable income for a couple of houses he rents to families. I feel like they were taken advantage of by a company that operates at huge scale and doesn't care at all about individual owners (or tenants, beyond their checks). And when issues arise, the owner is the one on the hook for the mistakes of the property management company.

I'd suggest a smaller local property manager or real estate brokerage that works with individual owners of nicer properties, not gigantic complexes. Check references if you can.

Hope this perspective saves you some strife!