[quote author="irvine_home_owner" date=1253345291]I used <a href="http://www.westsiderentals.com">http://www.westsiderentals.com</a>.
I don't know exactly how they work now but back then I just had to list my property with them and I got free credit checks. I think because they generate revenue from prospective renters, they pass the cost on to them.
I am in now way affiliated with them, I actually had to google-fu it because I forgot what their name was.</blockquote>
IMHO, the larger PM firms in the area are the bastion of slumlords. I won't deal with them as a tenant because invariably everytime I've looked at one of their units, they're a slum. They're dirty, beat up and dated trying to squeeze just below premium pricing out of the unit. As a landlord that might be good, but I suspect turnover sucks and if you have a nice property it won't be long.