Here's an example why:- One of our people made a mistake last year, and entered an expense of $1500 instead of $150 - they accidently typed an extra "0". - Fortunately, our transparent systems allowed the owner to catch it:)- Full transparency - we would have never caught this honest mistake:(An owner also needs to be involved to approve & fund large expenses: maintenance, property tax & insurance payments (if they want to be more hands off), evictions, etc.A great PMC should also have a chat with you annually about your future plans for a property and your portfolio. 

The reality is the opposite - if it's not in writing then the PMC doesn't have to provide the service or can charge extra for it!

We have been able to get some great deals simply by doing extra research that the average person wasn't willing to do.

If I find the buyer I would charge and extra 1.5%. 

Chris would tell him I hadn’t sent the money when Chris actually had gotten money for the rehab at closing, plus extra that I sent for change orders (which had not been done).

The goal is to minimize unnecessary usage and prevent extra costs, rather than blindly paying whatever bill comes in.

The extra income is not worth the disruption to our neighbors.Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

You said, "I'll have to put in extra of my own money for reserves..."

Now, if you were NOT a "real estate professional" you would only be able to:grab the rental income ($100k) and subtract that from the rental expenses/depreciation ($117k), now that extra $17k loss can only be used to offset future rental income, not the W-2 income and dividends and interest income. 

I will begin the process of suing him, hoping to add extra pressure.