When a tenant moves out, transfer the deposit back to Checking so it's ready to apply towards expenses or refund the Tenant.If you end up with excess funds in the Checking account, I recommend you transfer it to a third account designated explicitly for future investments.

Due to the excessive demand of shelter in NYC the city had to develop strategic programs to assist people with moving out of shelter and with the explosion of rent prices in NYC many people are looking to other cities close to NYC such as Newark, Irvington, Jersey City, etc.. to find apartments they can afford. 

My local housing authority put in some vague language to the payment standards for the landlord.

They have the authority to receive and investigate rent complaints, issue subpoenas, hold hearings, and order landlords to reduce rents for specific reasons.

Pest control- we put mouse bait out along the fencelines and under the units, mow excess weeds and grass.

Doubling or tripling of property taxes by the taxing authorities, new permit requirements and fees, insurance, increasing VRBO and Airbnb fees, etc.

The legislature must provide, by law, for: (1) interest on the delinquent taxes and other impositions not to exceed 1% per month on a non-compounding basis; (2) a penalty not to exceed 5% of the delinquent taxes and other impositions; (3) a period of time during which the lien cannot be enforced; (4) a procedure for claiming the excess proceeds from the sale of the property as a result of the enforcement of the lien; and (5) the authority of the tax collector to waive penalties for good cause.

There could be 25 different coverage items causing this change in pricing.I have several questions that would need to be answered before I could suggest going through your PM instead of the new agent.1) How did the PM submit signed authorization from you to Hartford take over the Hartford quote without your knowledge?

@John ParkI don’t find those fees excessive for those amenities.

Aside from hanging your hat (license) with a brokerage, all you need is a laptop ($300 at Walmart), cell phone w/ hotspot, $100 per mo, some business cards (not required), a CRM (the one in your phone works fine when coupled with a task list - both free usually), maybe a web site domain @ $12 from Google, and a simple one-page site as a sales sheet.