For me the reason for going turnkey was to limit my lack of experience and knowledge of the areas I am investing in and I looked at the premium I was paying as worth it to acquire the things I lacked. 

Is this common, or are we overpaying due to lack of competition?

To do that however, you need to give them a list of what you are looking to accomplish (assuming you do not yet have any type of plan) and here is why...the scope of work will greatly vary the pricing and you will not be able to have an apples to apples comparison. 

Root cause is lack of confidence and/or fear of losing money.  

If it did, I would go on linkedin and see what experience they had (for example that apple... company in TX had asset managers who were overseas VA's  - curious how many of those investors knew that and could have spotted a thirty second search would have created a red flag).5.

The court awarded $200.00 less because the tenant had to eat out due to the lack of a range.

If you stick with one method, as soon as the market changes, you will have a severe lack of inventory.

So, it sounds like there is a lack of clarity about the renewal which may not apply but keep this in mind with all other aspects of leasing and any verbiage you add to a lease. 5.

You have the problem common to a lot of people getting started; wanting to invest but lacking sufficient capital.  

While there clearly is the possibility to make money in Somalia, given the things like coups, islamic terrorists, political instability, rampant crime, and lack of personal safety, the risks seem to far outweigh the rewards.