If you're located in WI, check out Premier Point Realty and Homestead Realty....both offer the licensing course at a discount and some of the lowest fees/commission splits in our local market.

It may sound nice to pay a 6% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no additional fees.

You have no way of knowing.Henry brings up an excellent point about going into a nursing home where she'll be paying some/all of those fees with Medicare. 

Then you get 100% minus cleaning fees and maintenance. 

I think they're probably paid part of the signup fee.

Embarrassingly, I listed our property with the usual $50 pet fee (which can only be $35 now) and asking for income 3x rent (which is now 2x).

In this case, you can use Rental Income from the units that you will not be living in and that income can count to help you qualify.FHA rates are going to be lower than conventional for you almost always, but FHA does have a 1.75% funding fee. 

Home warranty programs charge a trip fee every time you file a claim, and they use that fee to compensate the vendor.

If you do so - 100% of the cash converted is taxable.

If you signed a 3% buyers representation agreement and the seller is only paying 2.5% and nothing more then just ask that your agent amend the buyers representation to 2.5% so you are not on the hook for the last %I will say, some agents are VERY strict and won't budge from 3% fee which in my opinion is kind of ridiculous.If you are my client and the seller is only paying a 2.5 % fee I won't ask you for the additional 0.5%.