Comparing what was promised to what was delivered lacks context. 

Since they can't do each property individually, they use comparable sales to make broad generalizations to determine percent changes.

With margin trading of 20-25% of initial investment, when stocks market collapses with dollar cost averaging as a strategy  , leverage of the initial investment in stocks, the AAR can be more.comparable to most syndication (compared to 20% down payment in real estate).I have been following BP forums for the last 4-5 months and have spent almost 4-500 hours.

I would also highly advise to spend 30 minutes and do a rent survey yourself and find comparable units and see what they rent for and charge.

It's very expensive compared to other property manager.

Building a reliable network of contractors is one of my main goals for this year to help me scale up moving forward.

It's likely, you are being too tight on your comparables or not searching correctly.

Corvallis is notoriously “anti-building”, a more hyper-inflated market inside of its own bubble compared to the rest of the willamette valley.

However, in such a case, a rescue fund would hold a superior position in the capital structure compared to the common equity investors, including yourselves and there acting as a parasite taking equity upside from all common equity investors.While this might provide a safer position for the pref equity slash rescue fund, it would also significantly impact the returns for common equity investors (previous guys).

It may be time to shop around for a new one who will actually add value to your investment.If you want a recommendation for a reliable property manager in the Lehigh Valley, I’d be happy to share some contacts.