. $425/mo is about on par with an expensive car payment & people with expensive cars by homes all the time, by contrast $2k/mo is generally a deal-breaker unless you make so much that you really don't need a mortgage to begin with. 

Compare & contrast what they offer for commission splits too. 

Contrast that to two years later when I did have a great deal with an accepted offer, and I was able to co-GP the deal with massively successful, well-known syndicators. 

Contrast with my SFR tenants who once said "We broke the screen door, but don't worry, we replaced it!""

It leaves a very bad taste.I am convinced that the contrast between that and actually going through the lease with your tenants, explaining and amplifying each point with examples, helps our business a great deal.Van Halen was a rock band who needed to be sure that their experienced business partner did a one-time, very complicated job correctly.

By contrast, say you buy the same property for $500k with $100k down.

Contrast that with my first few rentals: where I can house people for years with less stress, more certainty, and more fun (not always a picnic but worthwhile)....

For contrast, a mortgage transaction is where a property owner gives an interest in the real property in exchange for money given from the lender.  

In contrast, large rips or indelible stains justify a deduction from the tenant's security deposit for repairing the carpet or drapes, or replacing them if that is reasonably necessary.One common method of calculating the deduction for replacement prorates the total cost of replacement so that the tenant pays only for the remaining useful life of the item that the tenant has damaged or destroyed.

But overall I find being my own boss in real estate a nice contrast to working in a bureaucracy in my day job..