The good property management are the ones little talked about here. There's a selection bias - cranky people are more likely to say something.

There are a couple of places, Pollard & Bagby and Twohy, which will get everyone to agree they are bad. Those are also the most likely to take low credit of course.

Best time to move for deals is November, December, early January.

Craigslist - full of scams, some old school people. Apartments.com and zillow are good sites. They syndicate to a lot of other sites which are basically just different fronts for the same websites.

There are a lot of real steals and deals left in the Fan, I personally know a huge number. They never hit the market on turnover, no surprise, and are passed around friend groups. Put the word out and talk to your friends