The "homeowner's agent" would be someone already on your payroll (property manager, maintenance man, handyman, etc) who isn't charging any extra above their normal hourly fee to delead the unit.

Maybe i just been talking to non-sophisticated investors.  

@Dave Van Horn, are either of these new funds open to non-accredited or sophisticated investors? 

You need to learn Capitalization rates if you are going to get a little more sophisticated. 2% ROI per month would work out to be a 24% cap rate if there were no expenses-- but some operating expenses are inevitable.

Remember that workers comp and payroll taxes should be accounted for in your budgeting.

Sophisticated investors will consider all of the above but not as strongly as you might think.

Payroll versus paying a contractor is a wash some savings not much.

Do not over-sophisticate this!  

I know some of the buyers of lots and there are very sophisticated buyers in the mix that have decades of history developing here and they have extensive relationships.

Most sophisticated investors, even if they can, are not paying off their entire loans.