property management

[Dean Kohler]

hi

I'm new to all this rental stuff.. we are looking for a property management company to rent out our house, and to take care of the things that go wrong while a tenant is renting it...  

my question is, what questions do we need to ask so that we don't get may surprises down the road in future? we live in vancouver washington and the people we have talked to all want X amount for a monthly fee, then they want any where from 300-500 just to put someone in the house...  then there is the charges for service calls when thing go wrong and need to be repaired...  

i understand that a service call for a broken appliance is going to be there and that any company will need to get paid for what they do... 

i would appreciate any thoughts anyone has about their experiences, and any tips that would help us... if anyone in this area that has input, i would especially like to hear from you..

thanks for reading and for your response...