A monitoring system comprising: one or more sensors that are located throughout a property; a monitoring control unit that is configured to: receive data collected by the one or more sensors located throughout the property; and generate property state information based on the data collected by the one or more sensors, wherein the property state information indicates movement in a particular area of the property, occupancy of the property, or activity patterns of the occupants of the property; and an input device that is configured to: detect an input command that does not include authentication information for the monitoring control unit to authenticate the input command before performing an action that corresponds to the input command, wherein the monitoring control unit is further configured to: receive, from the input device, data identifying the input command that does not include authentication information for the monitoring control unit to authenticate the input command before performing the action that corresponds to the input command, determine an energy consumption of the property and environmental conditions in or near the property, based on the energy consumption of the property, at least one user-specified setting, and the environmental conditions in or near the property, generate one or more rules that are related to authorizing input commands that are received by the monitoring system without authentication information, analyze the property state information and the input command against the one or more rules that are related to authorizing input commands that are received by the monitoring system without authentication information, and based on analyzing the property state information and the input command against the one or more rules, determine whether to perform the action that corresponds to the input command or perform another action that is different from the action that corresponds to the input command, wherein the other action comprises generating a notification or an alarm condition. one or more sensors that are located throughout a property; a monitoring control unit that is configured to: receive data collected by the one or more sensors located throughout the property; and generate property state information based on the data collected by the one or more sensors, wherein the property state information indicates movement in a particular area of the property, occupancy of the property, or activity patterns of the occupants of the property; and receive data collected by the one or more sensors located throughout the property; and generate property state information based on the data collected by the one or more sensors, wherein the property state information indicates movement in a particular area of the property, occupancy of the property, or activity patterns of the occupants of the property; and an input device that is configured to: detect an input command that does not include authentication information for the monitoring control unit to authenticate the input command before performing an action that corresponds to the input command, wherein the monitoring control unit is further configured to: receive, from the input device, data identifying the input command that does not include authentication information for the monitoring control unit to authenticate the input command before performing the action that corresponds to the input command, determine an energy consumption of the property and environmental conditions in or near the property, based on the energy consumption of the property, at least one user-specified setting, and the environmental conditions in or near the property, generate one or more rules that are related to authorizing input commands that are received by the monitoring system without authentication information, analyze the property state information and the input command against the one or more rules that are related to authorizing input commands that are received by the monitoring system without authentication information, and based on analyzing the property state information and the input command against the one or more rules, determine whether to perform the action that corresponds to the input command or perform another action that is different from the action that corresponds to the input command, wherein the other action comprises generating a notification or an alarm condition. receive, from the input device, data identifying the input command that does not include authentication information for the monitoring control unit to authenticate the input command before performing the action that corresponds to the input command, determine an energy consumption of the property and environmental conditions in or near the property, based on the energy consumption of the property, at least one user-specified setting, and the environmental conditions in or near the property, generate one or more rules that are related to authorizing input commands that are received by the monitoring system without authentication information, analyze the property state information and the input command against the one or more rules that are related to authorizing input commands that are received by the monitoring system without authentication information, and based on analyzing the property state information and the input command against the one or more rules, determine whether to perform the action that corresponds to the input command or perform another action that is different from the action that corresponds to the input command, wherein the other action comprises generating a notification or an alarm condition.