The people that run these companies usually come from an "investment banking", real estate, or construction background.

I know the larger companies around here were charging up to 25% but it will probably vary no matter where you are at.  

It was all really quick, and the time to complete everything happened a lot faster than I expected (which was a good thing).I was worried at first that I had to use all the partners that Rent to Retirement had, but it was really easy for me to shop around for different lenders with different terms and rates, insurance providers, and property management company.

Depending on the type of commercial you want to get into my suggestion is to go work for a company that does commercial real estate as learning from people who do it and getting paid at the same time is not a bad strategy 

Anyone have any experiencing getting the city/utlities company to add separate meters?  

Keep in mind if you are renting a house to a company you can write whatever you want into the lease. 

If you're not conducting the work yourself, contract with reputable and competent companies.

Some other "adventures" I am looking at - the existing tenant is section 8 and the current property management company likely will not continue management. 

Ensuring that you provide all of the applicable information to the cost segregation study company helps them provide the most accurate cost benefit analysis.

I manage a coinvesting club where we invest once a month in apartments, trailer parks, vacation properties, land and recently we even invested in an industriall company.