Simple- exellent relationships with reliable and honest contractors.

Taking a day and getting a few estimates is really the best way to understand if management is way too high or just reasonably high, and you just may find some great contractor relationships that save you $$$$ for years. 

If approach vendors from a 1-sided mindset of looking to squeeze as much out of them for the absolute minimum $ possible, that is called a parasitic relationship, and your only going to get parasites of vendors working with you in any duration. 

For syndications, I try to develop relationships with many different operators in different asset classes.Which is better?

RELATIONSHIP - With a private loan, you're able to establish and develop a relationship with the actual lender.

Hello fellow real estate agents and investors,I am in the market to purchase a customer relationship manager (CRM) platform for my growing real estate business and am curious if anyone has personalized feedback on the platform you are using/have used?

They've had a good relationship for the past 3 years so as a win win, they would move so he could sell the townhouse but he would lower rent a bit to $2,900 so it wasn't such a jump in rent.

My suggestion was going to be to prorate the monthly rent for sake of starting the relationship on the right foot. 

When you build your portfolio as you know you have to have a professional relationship with them.

Starting a business relationship on a lie is never a good idea.