The common thought is to not rent to friends or family.

They are far more common now and harder to find models without but:1) these add cost to the purchase price2) they don't bring a lot of value3) they can leak or detach and damage the propertyI own around 50 doors and I cap off the line at the wall or in the basement with a valve and a cap so the potential for leaks is 0.00001% :-) 

Let's see how it goes when the one year anniversary comes.But in general what you are seeing is very common.

@Paul Lucenti It is common to equate acquiring more properties to scaling and many rely on buying lower tier market/neighborhood section 8 rentals to achieve this goal.

But in terms of the upfront fee, this is actually common in a commercial loan.

Bit of a wild situation here, at least to me and my lender; maybe it is more common than we think, not sure honestly.

@yu liu, I believe management fee is 25% for my contract but every contract is different. 20-25% is very common among the vendors I looked at.

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Very common scenario for sure, if it'd be helpful to look at some options feel free to reach out!

A common scenario would be to pay a penalty if you sell within the first 5 years starting at 5% if you sell in the 1st year down to 1% in the 5th year.