I personally did not subscribe to paying for coaching in the initial phases, i believe there is plenty of free content and also books out there that can coach the early steps.

I am the owner of DealMachine and take personal responsibility for making sure we communicate clearly and have issued a refund to you (the initial charge was April 2023 and it is 2025 now... sorry it took so long to see this).Direct mail is a hard cost, so when you send out direct mail, you get the first 20 free during the free trial. 

Since it is explained clearly in the contract terms, (managing expectations there), the PM's initial response to the dispute was to reference that language.We found out about the dispute after the tenant had repeated her dispute 2x -- and the property mgmt asked us what we wanted to do.

Even if I am to not be taking home the lion's share of initial deals, I'd like to still be building some capital for future dealings.

You need to log everything to protect yourself from any liability.Going back to your initial question--price is subjective.

But I think one of the best ways to use an IRA to buy real estate while minimizing fees is to partner with others so that you don't need any loan at all. another way I'm considering using my IRA for smaller initial investments is to invest in syndications like spark rental, where you can invest as little as $5,000 for each transaction.

This implies renting is initially cheaper than buying and at high LTV, rentals are initially cash flow negative.  

We did get much lower costs when we changed to minisplits but the initial cost is high.

I got a call from the Warren City hall and they reported pipes bursting and the whole driveway is flooded on initial reports.

Continue Renting options (self-manage or PM) - Our initial experience has been smooth, but of course not perfect.