The important things to consider about HOA fees is that they usually include some utilities: Water/Sewer, Trash, sometimes shared amenities like gym, clubhouse, pool, and they are saving you the time and headache for property maintenance: lawn care, tree timing, roof, siding, etc.

So, the first question they usually ask a PMC is about fees - instead of asking about services and HOW those services are executed.EXAMPLE: PMC states they will handle tenant screening – what does that specifically mean?

if your loan is 154k  then this prop probably appraised for loan purposes at 200k or so. and that price point is usually in a decent area or street..

Rents for medium term rentals usually range from 1.5 times to 2 times the normal rent for a place.

An LOI isn't usually a big deal and I've had properties ask to sign one before a viewing and there wasn't anything fishy going on with those.

Clearly, shes not happy and an unhappy tenant usually results in more issues down the road, and you can bet they'll be expensive issues. 

There is usually not much that compares with what we offer, so we only compete apples to oranges, so incentives are not a good tool for us.The types of tenants we want (multi year) also respond better to an adjustment in rent than an incentive.

So we were charged about $250 more than usual.

Off market commercial properties are usually shared through relationships or brokers.

People don't read STR descriptions you see this alot with international properties where people expect US standards.