It wouldn't cost too much more to hire a property manager and they would do all the work for you.There are services available for screening that won't cost you a dime or require any effort on your part.

I have wholesaled properties, and not made a dime, b/c the seller needed help, and I was able to do that for them.

I have been offered to purchase the property without throwing in a dime at $300k.  

If the market does not increase you have not made a dime.

He loaned his daughter a LOT of money for her education, move to the west coast, etc and never charged her a dime.

They're just trying to get a new roof on your dime (or the insurance company's dime).

I couldn't scratch it with a fingernail and barely could with a dime.

So in order to do that:• We saved every nickel, dime and penny that we could to get our down payment together• Then we got pre-approved for an FHA with a 203k reno loan.• Then we found a go-getter real estate agent and I gave him our criteria for (i.e 3 bdrm 2 bath single family home in foreclosure, short sale or had a substantial amount of equity in it) in the neighborhoods that appealed to us.And when we finally found the one that fit our needs we used the 70% flip formula and put in our offer and after a little back and forth it was accepted.

It might be worth every dime, but if you don't have the money and money to lose, I'd suggest you do something similar on your own, there is no patent on real estate deals.

Since the hand rail is just a nickle and dime cost, I wouldn't charge them for that, and I doublt if a Judge would award you the money for that.