Property likely was gutted in the early 90s, so that's less of a risk but still a factor.  

Cooper) said that the mortgage is assumable (there is path that would allow me to remove spouse from mortgage and retain the current rate), but the process can take a while, is subject to fees, and they need to reevaluate my ability to qualify for the mortgage without my spouse.

Go ask for a 100% loan with no fees, at a bank.

But to say, page speed is the sole factor for retention :) Where are you getting these numbers?

Closing costs here may be higher and the lender fee is about $500 more than others. 3.

GCs often only bring in sub-crews and they charge a more of a management fee to "manage" the project.

You can request those tenants to clean the bathrooms through rotations or just charge them a small cleaning fee to hire cleaning crews to clean the house 1-2x a month or you do the cleaning yourself to save up money and have extra passive income.

While you assume $3000 in rent with a mortgage of $2500 leaves you $500 in cash flow the reality is that after factoring in the above amounts and any other expenses you will quickly realize that your margin wasn’t good enough and you’re really at $50/month cash flow or even negative.

Unless he is giving you the actual invoices to pay yourself ( how i do it )  Myself we pay all invoices and GC gets a set fee and a profit bonus.. 

So, the first question they usually ask a PMC is about fees - instead of asking about services and HOW those services are executed.EXAMPLE: PMC states they will handle tenant screening – what does that specifically mean?