An average client is not a certified plumber, electrician, or mechanic.

Property management Company is demanding 1 month rent for failure to give 45 day notice of non renewal of lease plus 60 day rental fee for time for finding tenant. 

My failures are my own are my best (and most expensive) lessons. 

Confirm that the provider has experience with the particular investments in which you intend to invest your retirement funds as you very likely will have questions in terms of the mechanics (e.g. how do you invest in real estate, etc.).4.

That’s why I’m here, I’m looking for a better way and real estate looks like the path a mechanic can take to no longer being a mechanic.Right now I am figuring out what strategy I want to focus on.

It costs them nothing to fix it and you have a year warranty so you’re not getting a mechanical discount. 

(Both toilet supply line failures if that’s worth anything.)I went with their remediation company (Service-pro) and their contractors for a few reasons. 1)They started everything the day of the leak/flooding. 2) They guaranteed everything, out of pocket costs, timeline, quality of work, a year to find any defects, etc etc  3) it was quick, painless, worry free.

Particularly on competitive offers, previously most offers would have had similar mechanics, in that the seller was paying both parties brokers.

@Brandon Brown you have either done a boat load of research or have background in mechanicals! 

I plan on handling most of the cosmetic updates and mechanical repairs, to a point.