When a PM does charge a markup, he's usually getting a discount on the service to keep the cost stable.

If you are open to non-traditional methods of financing, you could use a debt service loan to bypass that requirement.

The courts will handle service via e-mail and delivery to the unit.

Professional PMs use specialized tools to verify income directly with a tenant’s bank or payroll service, ensuring legitimacy.

Very good resource for getting set up with STR property managers, cleaning services, realtors, lenders, etc. https://www.getchalet.com/

It’s also important to distinguish between those who are genuinely advising you and those who are selling you a service or product disguised as advice.I went to my first real estate conference in Atlanta in 2005.

It will cost a lot to redo do all the services.  

It means the seller has listed the property with a flat fee listing service.

The other tenants would call the management company on Saturday to report the air conditioning failure and were told that a service person would fix the problem on Monday. 

When a rental is taken out of service for personal use the accumulated depreciation goes away over a short period of time.