I am considering other options to see if there are ways I can hire someone to just do showing only and mamage my own rent collection through Zillow app, I also have my own contactors to do maintenance but have been paying monthly fee to my property manager who has done literally nothing, they also never answered my calls.It definitely sounds like you need to reevaluate your relationship with your property manager.

How much do you value the broker relationship?

You should always make sure to work with someone boots on the ground who has good relationships with the city so they can make the onboarding process seamless.

I think option one is better if you want build a lasting relationship with this agent.

You've unfortunately unlocked the centipede effect by saying Columbus.

After a little while of this you can slow down and just use the one contractor you have gained a good relationship with and know their numbers on rehabs.

For flipping, focus on accurate ARV estimates and budgeting for unexpected costs, while for BRRRR, building strong relationships with local lenders that can help streamline your hard money into your refinancing.

Maintaining that relationship beyond just the lease up process and whenever the tenant has a maintenance issue or lease expiration completely changes the dynamic of the relationship.

Not to mention there is others out there with GIANT budgets, massive systems, proprietary software to effect big efficiencies, and they can't operate at that insanely low level, there is a reason for that. 

(I might call her back to ask her to remind me why this made legal so uncomfortable.)I ended up going with Titan rather than Solera only because when I called another law firm, they said they have a close working relationship with Titan and would recommend them.