You should only consider switching when your current software has a significant flaw or lacks features that force you to spend excessive time on workarounds.

You can easily check the competition and get that info.

Making yours stand out via themes should definitely help your ROI and stand above the competition.

Most investors  who pursue alternative lenders aren't able secure bank financing because they  lack the creditworthiness, experience or the deal doesn't pencil.

If you're bankable shop around and you will be competitive on rate and terms with banks without going through this arduous process of forming these unnecessary structures, transferring title and incurring additional transactional fees etc.

And any new builds are pricey, competitive, and or teardowns at this point. 30-45min from downtown it gets affordable and there are a lot of new builds like Wendell, Wake Forest, Youngsville, Fuquay Varina, those kind of suburbs.

This leads to another question and please excuse my lack of understanding:  The LPs are typically paid at a much better return than the banks are. 

I could pass this along directly in the cleaning charge, but I feel like that is a more visible competitive differentiator.

Personally there are some really strong suburb areas that I would much rather invest into than Phila - lots of it is due to better landlord policy, higher demand for rentals, less competition for rentals, less headache than dealing with Phila, higher quality tenants and less risky.

It is competitive.