Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

Talk to @Grant Shipman about a possible different way of marketing them to the subgroup who gets it.

No different than if the mortgage amount was more than anticipatedThe assumption here is your purchase price was going to pay off the mortgage and the other liens - If not you don’t cancel closing you let them cancel it because they cannot bring funds to closing

We have seen maintenance costs skyrocket over the past 2-3 years and every case is different but here are some general guidelines for reputable (non-crackhead) investor level pricing in our area of operations:Furnace and A/C replacement with lineset for standard 3 bed 1 bath bungalow.

However, while I was still getting contractor bids for different projects, I found 3 different companies that are quick (based off of their contracts and guarantees) and have good quality of work (based off of previous and current investor feedback) but come at the cost of price.

So, when investing in areas they don’t really know, investors should research the different property Class submarkets.

If so, you'd be looking at STR or MTR properties, not LTR.There's a big difference between these types of investment concepts.Please clarify your intentions...

Next, and again my current experience is in a different industry but one that's a highly dependent on Google reviews and ratings, I've found that there's always a break-even point where "paying someone off" doesn't provide enough of a return on the payoff. 

I’ve bought my primary with various Schedule C income and refinanced a primary with lots of schedule c and a number of properties (mostly owned in LLCs but reported on my personal return).

I think different approaches are appropriate for different landlords especially based on the size of their portfolio.