But in most cases the title co will reach out to a notary closer and add their fee to the closing stmt.   

It's much easier to unwind a fee for service relationship than it is a partnership.  

I'll save you the details but...Per door cost: $63,300All in Cost: 700kTotal Revenue: 137k(ish) annuallyNOI: 65-73% (in the expenses we included: insurance, taxes, $75/month per door repair expense, management fee 8%, grass cutting, & a misc fund for random crap business license, etc.)Now...

On properties that ranged from $30k-$60k....a 20% referral fee?

Instead, they get compensated by Turnkey providers or builders with a marketing fee:“…we as the turnkey property promoter gets compensated by and only by the turnkey provider or builder that we are working with, they are essentially paying a marketing fee,” ( Link ).

More likely, he is hoping to use the extra time to collect more rents and thus more fees to generate the funds to pay his owner clients:(

The pet fee or deposit for the move in of 2 cats (you did charge one, I hope) should have just about covered the extra anyway.

I do not think it would cost too much to tone it down howeverI got a $10k quote (minus fees) from an interior decorator recently to redesign.

Quote from @Edward Toomey V: I switched from Quickbooks to RentRedi 5 months ago because the payment processing fee cost me $400 a month with Quickbooks.

Setting up direct bookings is a great way to avoid platform fees!