I can not express how significant the SKILLS OF NETWORKING & GENUINE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING have been in my real estate journey. 

Personally the most effective bet is too call other local PM companies yourself because only you can truly express your concerns and maybe get better pricing.It should only take 15 mins per call.

That is may be one of the turnoffs which may come across as the price is too high.Get the tenants out in two weeks, spiff it up, clean and you will probably have more interest.Feedback from the agent has been that folks express interest in making an offer but then disappear. 

Still, to join a group means you're going to get unqualified people expressing their opinions rather than their life long experience. 

Yes, there is no telling on what happened behind closed doors regarding David and Rob leaving, but David expressed that he wanted to have more control on who they interviewed.

Also, my current "room mate" has expressed her interest in renting my primary residence entirely so I think that's a smart option. 

You should be able to express your goal in one minute and then expand if questions are asked.

When you can buy properties like this, you can get almost 100% of your money out of the property, convert the property into a long term rental loan, with a DSCR Loan (Debt Service Coverage Ratio) where we as the lender look at the property and if it cash flows, and that is expressed as a ratio, for instance if your Total Loan payment including Principal, Interest, Taxes and Insurance was $1000/mo, then you would need a rent of $1200/mo and you would have a 1.2 DSCR Ratio.Here is an example of a cheap duplex https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/732-Broad-St-Menasha-WI-5...

I suggest reaching out and speaking with them about your interest and expressing and concerns you may have.

If I contract a home and use you as my inspector, since I have never used you before and don't have a way to judge your work, If you use me as your inspector, determine upfront whether you want me to be nitpicky and create the largest report of meaningless findings to aid in getting a price negotiated lower (often due for new bills), a minimum number of findings to make it easier to purchase (often the desire expressed from real estate agents who don't want to blow up the transaction) or somewhere in between these two extremes.