For this reason, many investor agents choose them. 

Honest... not great but we had other tax reasons to get into them.   

You should take a break from buying if the deals don't match your buy box, you are out of money, or for several other reasons (partner isn't on board, over-leveraged on different properties, acting out of FOMO, etc.).

Getting a good painter at a reasonable price requires persistence and comparison shopping.

Also, if you have a below market interest note, if you wanted to sell that note for any reason in the future for liquidity you would be affecting the value of that note negatively.

If they want to leave, for any reason, they just have to pretend they can't afford the rent.

When evaluating a property management company, it's important to look beyond just the management fee and consider the full scope of services and costs involved.For example, at our company, we charge a 10% monthly management fee, a $250 lease renewal fee (unless it’s a takeover tenant, which requires additional effort to establish a strong relationship - because usually people are changing pm companies for a reason), and the first month’s rent as a leasing fee.

But chances are, if you show her you’re being reasonable, she’ll see it your way.Let me know how it goes - I’m here if you want to bounce more ideas around!

For house flipping, consider an LLC taxed as an S-Corp to reduce self-employment taxes by taking a reasonable salary and the rest as distributions.

If so what were the circumstances and what was the reasoning?