Like painting the old kitchen cabinets vs replacing them, or providing them with a small refrigerator instead of a decent standard size one.

35-40% is a more standard realistic operating cost. 50% is too high.

Yeah, various fluctuations but all within standard norms.

So you can build a personal relationship and set your standards from the start.

Lmk if you have more questions.Only other one I liked was Bryt Software but they couldn't do much in the way of standardized loan life cycle task management (moving loans from application to document collection and review to underwriting and escrow and in-service).

I always thought the standard was between 1-2% for escrow fee

Keep the paint codes handy and paint everything to the same standard.

In that case you might just want to do a standard refinance.

These are single family homes that are worth anywhere from $500k-$1.25M, rented on a long term basis to renters that are paying a lot of money so there is a standard of care that I'm expecting for myself and renters-- over what I would expect from a 1 bed / 1 bath renting for $750/month (no dig to anyone who owns these, in fact I wish I had more of these). 

the higher the tier you are in, the better your rate will be on your loan.For real estate, Fannie Mae has these guidelines published:https://selling-guide.fanniema...For other banks it is just up to their individual lending standards.