- Unemployment remains near record lows.- GDP growth trending at approximately 3%.- National home prices have surpassed the 2006 peak.- Major stock market indices at or near all-time highs.- Housing construction, supply and existing home sales are all at recessionary levels.In other words, things are good.

Of course, track record and conservative vs. aggressive underwriting/promotion play a role in the reality of what you're hearing from any syndicator. 

A property manager that can assist with rent collection, tenant screening, maintenance, and run an online ledger for us to track expenses.

If you have little to no track record then you need to offer another 2% points.D.  

It is the same recording fee, just different wording on the deed.

I used it to list my properties, screen tenants, manage payments, send notifications, manage maintenance.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

Successful sales record.

Smoke detectors are two screws and a batteryScreen door could be tricky depends on if screen just needs repaired or replaced. 

You can let applicants know they’ve passed the screening and move forward with showing them the property, making it clear that the lease is only finalized after the viewing.