$8,000 for fabrication and installation sounds steep (unless it is an unusual and/or stately front door), but there may be finish carpenters that could give you a better bid.

However things are changing and ownership is no longer the only factor.Although RE prices are more affordable, stringent lending practice, uncertain economy and RE ownership "trauma" will eventually broaden the rental market.Another issue that many people learned is that rental provides flexibility.If you bought your house 4-5 years ago and your PITI is $2,000 you are dead in the water should you loose your job or being transfer somewhere else.

But in these uncertain times, lower debt has good advantages.

The fees don't seem unusual in nature.

Not that unusual of a situation to me, I've had several properties rented to college students where roommates come and go over time.

While it doesn't happen every day, it's not too unusual.

I've seen deals with unusually high front loaded (acquisition fees) or asset management fees tied to the overall capitalized value of the deal rather than being tied to the ongoing operations (income). 

What I'm uncertain of and will ask the point person on this is what the total costs are each month and how much the tenant covers, where to get a new tenant or extend the lease before March 2023, etc.I don't live in Florida and will probably get some property managers' POV on how to handle this long-distance, and want to make sure I'm making it worth their time for one door.How do I phrase that and share details with a potential property manager about the property BEFORE putting in an offer?

Hey guys, so we have a closing scheduled for this coming Monday, and I need to wire $24,000 to the closing company for this house today (Friday) to have the funds reach on time for the closing. This will be my first h...

The moves were unusual for the private fund manager, which tends to use debt to maximize returns.A person familiar with the fund said debt accounted for about 20% of the money it spent on acquisitions, significantly less than the 60% its terms allowed.