The only other options I can see are A) your mom partnering with you rather then selling the property to you - you become 50% owner and bring the funds and management to the rental while she provides the existing equity as her contribution; or B) your mom lending you the rehab cash out of her personal funds while also seller financing the house to you. 

To be successful in Miami, you would need to have some serious capital to compete with the groundswell of experienced investors and developers.

When you say a live revenue manager, what do you mean by that? 

Try interviewing at least three managers.1.

Has anyone come across their property management company creating a "First right of refusal program" for maintenance requests? 

Now to provide extra comfort and convenience to our buyers (who are mostly out of state) we agree to help them out by getting them set up with local property management that we work with closely as well as assisting management market the property for rent to place tenants.

When it comes to managing your mortgage, most homeowners are familiar with refinancing as a way to lower monthly payments or take advantage of better interest rates.

@Corbett BrasingtonIf you are communicating with the seller directly, better to have less people talking to the seller.The realtor can have some roles as follows1) Connect you with his references for property management / contractors / title companies / etc2) Give you comps to indicate what the property is worthBest of luck

I'm Igor - a revenue management expert with over 10 years of experience in the hospitality industry.

It sounds like you had a terrible manager.