However, I'm struggling to articulate if I should modify my strategy or stay the course.  

With so many investors articulating their partnership terms of agreements to suit their unique goals and needs, is it unreasonable to think that we may be able to structure our agreement so that it would address many of the inherent concerns our unmarried status brings to the table?

I am trying to articulate what I am thinking but I am having trouble LOL.

Great work on articulating your goals so clearly, that is a great step toward arriving at them.

It's hard enough to articulate or explain; how do you deal with it?

Or, even if there have been modern updates to this infrastructure, maybe I should expect to pay a premium for a system that is 5,10,15 yrs newer - although that seems to imply an excessive rate of depreciation on these systems...)Any help from you savvy real estate pros is helpful, same goes for any other suggestions/advice you can offer.Sorry for the somewhat abstract questions - brand new to home renovations - hopefully I articulated this clearly enough.

There are some awesome property managers out there, but there are some managers that need to take an Economics 101 and understand reverse incentives are bad:Good incentive: fee based on % of rent ... incentivizes the property manager to rent for market rate rather then a lower monthly rent (to avoid complaints, rent collection, etc.)Bad incentive: additional fee for maintenance ... it's a reverse incentive because then the property manager who charges for additional maintenance and repairs benefits --> they are inclined to say "more work needs to be completed"Bad incentive: lease-up fee ... if they are charging for a property turnover, then they are not incentivized to keep the existing tenant (they're making more money to get a new one in, and you have to pay the turnover costs)As you articulated, there are some awesome managers out there.

Thanks for posting everything i was thinking, but couldn't articulate as well as you did.

EDIT: please articulate the trio that they are selling, thanks!

They call because you are able to articulate that you know what you are doing and that you've made other investors money.