haha.Reviewing Lending OptionsIf you speak with a legit investor-friendly lender, they may be able to help you play with the numbers so you can put less down and not pay a monthly out of your nose. 

You may also want to get a utility knife and needle nose pliers for working with the wire. 

This is why it's nose bleeding expensive.

Accountants/CPAs may not necessarily specialize in tax, or even real estate tax for that matter- it is kind of like going to an Ear Nose and Throat doctor for eye surgery.  

If you meet contractors maybe you could come in advance and kennel the dogs or put in garage or bathroom during appointment.Hard. actually city inspectors are getting hard nosed also about cats during yearly inspections, besides dogs and some required them in kennel before entering.maybe something to add to your pet addendum that they have a suitable kennel in the apt for emergency use and inspections. 

Typically any industry with a low cost of entry and a fractured infrastructure will result in large volumes on unreliable/unprofessional/unaccountable service providers.So to answer your question, YES, it can be quite hard to find good contractors, but there are still lots of good ones out there.

I agree with the others that something closer to $100 is about right for having a plumber do this.Since you have a management company, you may not be able to do this, and/or you may prefer to pay someone to do this, but: if one or more of the people living in the property have relatively long hair, there's about an 80% chance that the problem is a wad of hair in the trap right under the drain.You need a screwdriver, a piece of #12 or #14 copper wire about two feet long, and maybe some needle-nose pliers. 

@Dale Radcliff Keep your nose to the grind.  

You need to develop your nose, and show the apartments yourself so YOU get to see who these people are, not an agent.  

A hard money lender will lend under many circumstances, but you may pay through the nose.