I have legal background, billing, office and executive assistant type experience, and now many years of marketing experience as well.

They are billed as "a scientific approach to single-family rentals" and use "institutional grade property management," which usually means they are a tech company in real estate and likely either don't have the existing property management relationships in each area or you chose an area where they don't have enough units through Roofstock for the PM they chose to care.

While real estate values do rise over time, if you can't cover your bills during the downturns to get you into better times to sell, you are likely to lose money.  

Quote from @Kevin Rodriguez: After numerous unsuccessful attempts to secure a deal to cohost, I’ve decided to adopt a new strategy.

It broke day 1, it was fixed day 1, here’s a bill for 75% of what I paid to handle it myself. 

Hello, I have a primary residence and about $10k in bad debt (not including car note, student loans and a small medical bill).

Apparently has done jail time for numerous crimes.  

Quote from @Bill Hampton: @Felicia JenkinsAlso, Padsplit will want you to eliminate any dining room, den, etc to add more bedrooms. 

That's because the city won't calculate the actual amount till a structure is built, aka it's not just a plot of land anymore.This will obvious cause your property tax bill to go up and also your mortgage escrow account as well (sometimes these things can make your mortgage shoot up a few hundred a month). 

Renegotiating some utility contracts (garbage and removing some on site office paid internet/phone bills) 5.