Sounds like a lot of work but also a great opportunity to sharpen my interpersonal/sales skills!

The real estate pre- & post-license courses I took taught little to no interpersonal/communication skills.

.) - they will protect you and you don't need to "divorce" them at some point in the future.If I'd partner with anyone, then only for a period of time, with a defined and agreed upon exit, and only with a person I truly understand their value system and had the opportunity to observe theor behaviour in similar arrangements (and under stress).

Yes, it is true that if you work with a large Property Management Company you are not going to get that interpersonal relationship like you would with a one or two man show.

Regardless of whether or not talking about money shouldn’t change an interpersonal dynamic, it does.

In this case it sounds like you have established an unwanted behaviour model: they have learned that everything is negotiable with you, as long as they push hard enough, they will get something out of you.

Interpersonal, leadership, conceptual, administrative, and technical competencies domains are the competency groups studied by Tas, LaBrecque, and Clayton in their article Property – Management Competencies for Management Trainees (1996).

This may of course increase marketing time, but we find that this sort of behaviour doesn't tend to happen with tenants with higher credit scores.2) Shorter lease terms. 

Best thing to do is become very familiar with laws and policy around this and with the definition of a service dog and what you should expect from a service dog that grants them public access and access to no pet rentals - which is very specific behaviour due to extensive training.

As entrepreneur, emphasize my great abilities and knowledge to interpersonal communications in order to always carry out good business.