Current HELOC rates are typically 8-10% depending on your credit and lender, though some banks offer promotional rates.

I prefer individualized service myself.  

We have every one of our managed properties enrolled in these services to avoid utility shutoff damages.

While they typically have considerable deferred maintenance, we're getting great terms.

Typically people charging for that service are doing it because they need the money...if you catch my drift. 

I like the tub (it wasn't cheap, about 12 grand) but there's not great service options where I live and not sure if I would get it again since I mostly have to take care of it. 

Not the typical 2 hour hotel room seminar with high pressure sales reps asking for credit cards etc. 

Let me know if I can be of service.  

They will get in touch with the property manager, let them know a complaint is filed, and typically give them an opportunity to make things right before opening an investigation.Have your friend look for a new PM immediately.Start by going to www.narpm.org to search their directory of managers.

However, he asked me to sign a one-year Exclusive Right to Represent agreement, as presented to him by his brokerage.His interpretation is that it applies only when he materially assists me, but I think the boilerplate brokerage language he was given reads much more broadly:"If during the term of this Agreement Buyer enters into a contract for the purchase of Property through the services or efforts of the Broker or Buyer’s Brokerage Firm, or by or through any other persons during the term of this Agreement" (emphasis mine).My concern is that, under my interpretation, if a fellow real estate investor wants to unload a property or if I get pointed to an opportunity by a former agent, colleague, or friend, this agreement could create an obstacle to moving forward with the deal.In the end, I didn’t sign.