We pay Lightning Docs a $500 annual fee and $500 per loan, which we charge to our borrowers at closing.

Avoiding accessive PM fees (personally I recommend most people self-manage)These will eat away at your ROI.

The total cost for this monthly for me is $1.00 fee for online payment for Sevier County, TN and the .73 cent stamp for Blount County, TN.

You open yourself to much more risk in not being able to finance out of it and being stuck with hard money and those fees/penalties.

I am also trying to get my investment back so I can pay my Kids college Fee.

They give the same $12k in closing costs to new buyer, $24k in realtor commissions, tack on say $4k in late fees, foreclosure costs, etc etc etc  so they “net” $360k.

I have done some research, but I’ve found that many mentors and coaches are asking for significant fees, which feels like a large financial commitment, especially as a newcomer to real estate investing.

You can also expect increasing HOA fees, and there may be some problems renting a property inside a difficult.You don't have any experience, prices are at an all-time high, and rates are also high. 

I’m thinks just pay him his regular price for the job and throw him 5-10% finders/gc fee instead of making a 70/30 split or something like that.

Canton is not quite as bad, although they have increased annual fees and initial inspection requirements in the past few years that Akron never put in place.