The $100 or 10% is common, but I like the fixed dollars - - it's expensive enough to be painful and to encourage prompt payments.BTW:  TRAIN your tenant by issuing a courtesy notice ONLY ONCE;  "Your rent was late this month and if it is late again, I will apply the late fee of $xxx."

Ok, I liked the guy, he was prompt, and I know it does take a lot to produce a bid so I agreed to the $150.

Sounds like you were very prompt to respond and very supportive so you will look good as far as that is considered.

Aside from that, you could also offer to bring in a few fans for her to help get air moving through the unit.Also, if the home was built in 2017 the a/c may still have some type of warrant that could be redeemed... if the unit is not that old, I am guessing that it will be a rather simple fix... furthermore, if it is not taken care of promptly, it could cause even worse problems and you may be forced to replace the unit completely... that would be a much greater expense obviously. 

Between YouTube and stealth reading articles and forum posts, I've been lurking around the BiggerPockets 'verse for a while; the situation is prompting me to actually enter the chat.The discussions I found were all dated, and the company seems to be doing things differently, so I'm reaching out in the hopes of getting an update.  

It's what prompted my loan guarantee servicing program.

I will not get into a BP war here and won't attempt a character assassination on his business, as he has on mine, unless prompted further.

A career move is prompting the sale of this house and we will be relocating out of state.

I made sure of that before jumping.So, unless anyone has useful or practical advice or informationon moving forward with the decision I have already made (such as their experience generating leads, marketing, and/or closing deals, etc.) or words of encouragement, I shall promptly get back to my hustling now.

They sold it to the public based on "for the schools", and when it first started, it did actually contribute about 3% to the school budget --- then the legislature promptly CUT their budget by about 3%.