But IMO, if you have to jump up double digits without a material change to the unit, you've screwed it up in the years prior.Staying on top of fair market rents is not easy for small landlords.

This is where a GC can really screw you.The GC/Investor relationship is a murky, volatile, uncomfortable swamp with many nasty creatures lurking. 

Two screws hold the handle on, which holds the glass at the top and the bottom slides into a metal groove.

You aren’t going to create them for privacy (the county tax records will make it obvious the previous owner moved them in to an LLC or trust.)You aren’t going to create them for liability because 1) you’re going to screw up and co-mingle funds piercing the corporate veil. 2) Anything that gets the property in the LLC sued is going to be your fault, so you’ll be sued as well. 3) you’re just going to buy an umbrella policy because you are 10X more likely to get sued for something you do than something the property does.

Do not pay a tenant to screw you over.  

Throw the PM under the bus and tell the tenant the PM screwed up by not collecting a deposit and see if you can work out a payment plan for that. 

You only get a single point of contact for everything all encompassing, and unless they are 100% competent(not even proficient) you are screwed.

For all I know they are absolutely legit, I'm just not sure the best way to ensure I'm not screwing myself over for the next 12 months etc. 

You only get a single point of contact for everything all encompassing, and unless they are 100% competent(not even proficient) you are screwed.

You only get a single point of contact for everything all encompassing, and unless they are 100% competent(not even proficient) you are screwed.