It's much cheaper than Buildium and offers similar tenant screening options.

My offer got accepted for an investment property in Pennsylvania.

Ask the seller if they can offer seller concessions to help cover your realtor fee.

What are the pros and cons of each, and which offers the least restrictions, flexibility and cost savings for my intended purposes?

However, if you feel you need their input earlier, you could offer to pay for their visit to walk the property with you pre-inspection.

It's one project, that's more hands off and offers great returns. 

Now, moving forward he offered for us to take it over completely.

I didn't like the fact of calling up sellers just to offer sub to or seller financing.

.- The management company offers a hands-off approach including coordinating and managing repairs, getting the property rent ready after a move out and placing a tenant from a pool of applicants that may be waiting for a property to be ready.

While it may not offer as much diversification, at least with a syndication, you can review the specific merits of that particular deal.Also, the fund operator typically has different motivations than the syndicator.