. - You have no recourse against an agent or PMC once you pay them for the placement and it turns out to be a terrible tenant:(If you have the time and network and post here for assistance, it's always a good idea to learn the rental business from the "ground up".Of course, one mistake can also cost you thousands of dollars.

I invoiced an extra 25 dollars for part of the cleaning that I needed done extra and it was disregarded.

After listening to @Brandon Turner and @davidgreene do the recap it is true that you sharing your story will save BP member millions of dollars.

Soon you will be able to take care of some of these issues yourself and save a few dollars.  

Unless you supply the 3M ones I guarantee the tenants are going to use the Dollar Store ones that leave torn paper everywhere. 

If you constantly chase the bottom dollar and bottom tier coverage you'll be the one carrying the most risk.Happy to connect and talk more.

There's a lot of dollars chasing too few buildings. 

Cost was about a dollar a mailer and my assistant's time, including postage.

but, should you buy a money pit and lose thousands or tens of thousands of dollars? 

Providing relocation assistance to tenants, for example, if I want to sell the property or move back in - this can range from one month's rent to thousands of dollars (e.g tenant has a disability, minor children, elderly it will cost you more), depending on the city.