They quoted me a rate, 1.5% origination fees and 999 service fees initially, I provided all the docs and worked with them for 3 weeks.

Its up to you as the builder to negotiate a fee that your happy to pay.. and Frankly market conditions dictate commission in hot markets one might be able to just stick a sign in the yard and do yourself.. still pretty tough or just put them on MLS and negotiate the buyers agents commish like the new rules dictate..

Have a good lease with "teeth" - late fees for late rent, occupancy rules, pet rules and etc. - and do not violate your own lease by being too easy, or very quickly you will not have any lease at all and your tenant(s) will do whatever they want at your expense. 

I’d suggest you call a PM or two and ask them 1) How much rent they would charge. 2) What fees they would charge you. 3) How long they think it would take to find a tenant at that rate.

i guess you could call them, like a newborn, kid college fees something of that nature.I made the mistake of not looking into that before i bought my duplex, because don't forget that with homeownership/landlord comes recurring expenses on that property,and you're life surprise expenses somehow never stop coming lol, so i'd make sure to put money aside for that and not sacrifice it for the sake of profit.

ya were we live ( personal resi) we have humungus doug fir trees 100 plus fee tall basically surrounding out lot and if one of those falls on your house it can destroy the house and if your really unlucky it can squash you..

You can also explore FHA with 3.5% down as well with 1.75% Upfront fee + anything with more than 3-4 units, there will be a SS rule (Self-sufficient test) to pass per FHA guideline.If it is a legal multifamily unit, you can also use those vacant units as your rental income up to 75% of gross market rent.

I passed this additional charge onto our borrowers without any objections, making the total doc fee $1000.There are other companies that provide automated loan docs.

The most basic offering for sellers is a flat fee MLS listing.

But they take fees from you and charge the tenant more.