The cleaning costs alone were over $9k.

If any costs go up, developer eats it.

Completely eliminated noise complaints from the lower level and reduced utility costs.

If you try to do it all yourself, the risk is much greater because there are many more opportunities to make a bad decision that can be very costly.  

Can try to reposition to Class B, but neighborhood may impede these efforts.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, but 15-20% should be used to also cover tenant nonpayment, eviction costs & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores of 560-620 (approaching 22% probability of default), many blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 2 years.

You are adding costs and complications for no benefit at all.

Far more costly to transfer property at a later point than simply purchase in an LLC on day one.

My money market funds are dedicated to go towards a down payment, closing costs, etc.

You can start to educate yourself on the individual components; how much does it cost to paint on a per sqft basis or what is an average kitchen remodel.  

to save costs, and responses sometimes took weeks.