It's the leasing fee and renewal that seem high in proportion to my rents.Any thoughts?

I don't remember what city was in the spotlight as the "bad" city before he took office(I think it was Detroit or New Orleans) because I was so young in 2008 but the news media makes up stories and really exaggerates things out of proportion.

I get a proportion and he get his.

@Ben Le FortIf you buy the townhouse, your price is basically proportional to the gain you had in the home.

While you can argue that my personal experience is a minuscule proportion of all buyers, the point is that the original statement is false.So here is what I suggest you take away from this: younger Millenials are not ready to buy yet but will, young couples starting families will prefer to own over rent no matter what generation they are in, and as a seller, catering to the common buyer in your area is key.

I've never paid anyone, we all know there are a lot of cons out there promising a lot and charging proportional amounts

Really depends on your initial fix up - the CapEx number will be inversely proportional if done right.

I have heard of a some lenders doing conventional lending on loans under 50k, however, the closing cost is such a large proportion to the loan amount, it really does not make much sense.  

If you are financing a commercial property, the Loan To Value that a lender will give you is directly proportional to income.

We brought in a bunch of crushed concrete and compacted it .