Instead of denying them, can we refer them directly over to the owner for them to sign a lease with the owner who is willing to effectively manage the contract, payment and relationship BUT would still want to retain us (albeit for a lower fee) to deliver ONLY guest and property care activities (guest communications, organizing cleaning, lawn and pool care etc). 

The seller retains the mortgage on the home, wrapping the buyer’s loan into the existing mortgage.

I would prefer, personally, to invest a substantially lessor amount to fix the property to give the option of either retaining it as a rental and/or selling it without the loss or a much lessor one. 

. $3500 flat fee plus $350 retainer is just too much to give up when all I am asking for is to get it on the mls.

If people want to hire you & your group is there a retainer fee that's immeadiately set up, then a fee per deal at a fixed % of the transaction.

If I "share the deal" yes I make less on that 1 deal, but I retain Bandwidth for more volume, to act upon more opportunities.

Even after meeting their demands, they still find ways to nickel-and-dime you, such as charging exorbitant fees for retaining property photos.To add insult to injury, their customer service is subpar.

Consider converting one property into an STR while retaining the others as LTRs to establish a stable income base, taking into account your willingness to manage STR responsibilities, local regulations, and financial projections for each property scenario.

I'm not a huge fan of the 3 way split - if the current owner is going to retain the properties, but you are going to rehab and manage them, and then you have another person fronting the money to fix them up.  

And, if the home has, at minimum, retained its value then 8 years in loan payments should have reduced the debt therefore creating a potential profit when sold.