The franchisor is incentive is too place as many locations as possible in an area to maximize royalty income and franchise fee income, up to the point that the franchisees are no longer profitable,  The franchisee on the other hand wants as few other franchisees in his area as possible since he has almost no concern about the franchisor maximizing their income, he wants to maximize HIS OWN net income and franchise value.   

I only charged 1/2 of the rent for a security deposit and waived the pet fee.  

I plan to flip the house but to avoid all the fees and closing cost involved with buying the house she has agreed to allow me to rehab then sell and give her our agreed upon price within 90 days of our agreement.

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

Actually went today and talked with a loan officer friend of mine who does helocs, I can pull 80k for 700 a month with a 2500$ origination fee.

I talked to several lenders and Citizens Bank had the best terms - 8.15% with no origination fees. 

I'm a hard asset type of guy, so bear with me here, I understand the foreclosure process, done a ton of those, so arrears and payoffs and legal fees etc, I get.Loan modifications, I've helped a lot people get those.

Factor in ALL expenses like property taxes, insurance, repairs, maintenance, vacancy rates, and potential property management fees.2.

I am not a fan of holding fees unless equal to rent and non refundable.

How do application fees work for rental units?