On my side of the retail spectrum, Realtors see 10% of list price for a starting point to make a serious offer on a retail deal. 

This figure is true but distorted because FSBO tend to be on the lower end of the price spectrum and Realtor-listed properties tend to be more expensive properties.

See Brandon is on the opposite spectrum from me.His bread and butter is managing and mine is selling.That's like me putting in a clause that if you buy through me you have to choose me to manage it and the fees will be really fat.I don't manage because I don't like it and I love the art of the deal.I wouldn't force myself onto a buyer or seller for management when it's not my forte.

@Tyler Smith, I think there can really be a spectrum of passivity when it comes to how one defines TurnKey investing.  

Secondly, I think that OKC has done a great job over the last 20-30 years of broadening the spectrum of industry.

Or, you can call property managers and ask how long it would take them to fill your unit.Or, if it's at the lower end of the spectrum, call the housing authority or section 8 office and ask them how the demand is moving.And, look at the MLS, you can see hotter areas and price ranges, properties that are selling are usually easier to rent too.

If they can get 1,000 agents and 50% do not close anything, another 30% close some, another 20% close a lot then they might can eek out a profit.The other end of the spectrum are brokerages that do not want to be mills.

It really just depends on where you are at on that spectrum.

- anything from 4.5% to 9%, anything from 0 to 4 points, anything from 3/1 ARM to 30YF, and it's up to you where in that spectrum you fall more than anything else.

In this crazy world of multiple offers, a house prices normally may look like a deal to a traditional realtor.On the other side of the spectrum, we make offers $50 k, $100 k, and $150 k lower than asking price on "fixer" houses.