Generally most people you speak with are going to provide you a quote with their "standard" commission built in and anything less would be them taking a reduced commission to win your business. 

Why do you have a standard if you don't intend to adhere to it?

I get more responses from FB marketplace but the quality of the responses from Zillow rental manager is stronger (judged by who views the property).how many people have responded to the ads listing it for rent?  

CalPERS was considered the gold standard of pension programs but it's a shell of its former self due to mismangement and unfunded liabilities.

How do property management companies perceive these areas in terms of tenant quality and rental stability?

DSCR paperwork is usually less paperwork than a standard conventional loan.

From what I've seen through pictures, the quality is sub-par (e.g. bad patching, no primer used, no corner bead used, etc.).I have recently started to get more strict on timelines (this is now 2mo delayed), and now he is halting the work.

Because it's standard in most contracts to have an inspection period I make my offers based on the photo and the asking price from the ARV.

Buy the best quality you can afford (you will regret buying in a rough area).

Doselling alpha male quality and boasting into twitter/tiktok/instagram and such :-)