I decided to work with them but this turned into a long process of approximately 6 months. 

If more than 30 days go by with no booking, you are at risk of falling off the wagon. 

i would not buy a random property in Alabama that you find on Zillow and turn it over to people you've never met just because the price point is appealing.here are some threads on how that can go:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1160450-run-i...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/1215726-break...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1137397-balti...i own property in 3 states - happy to answer any questions you have.

hi all i am a new landlord and got my first rental property. tenants moved in in September and October. the first month was fine but when December hit it got extremely cold and the heating is electric. due to poor insulation in the home that we did not know about the heat has to be turned very high up to keep the home warm, however since everything is electric it is causing the electric bill to be $800. the utilities are the tenants responsibility. however because of this one of the tenants has been extremely non compliant with paying rent.

If we had a great tenant for 5.5 years at our property, we would not charge any cleaning fee outside of the excessive cleani gs (such as trash out of the shed). 5.5 years of not having to turn the unit and not dealing with vacancy is huge.

He turned around and used the interest I paid him back to go on a golf trip with me later that year. 

And if the deal itself isn’t solid, no contractor can turn it into a win. 

@Kris TohovitisI wouldn't recommend using your cash to pay off the mortgage on your primary residence since you can likely get a better return on that money by investing it.What's your buying criteria for the multi-family property?

If they are VERY professional, they will have their processes in writing as verification that policies are enforced equally and fairly by their entire staff.6.

This totally would have been a deal breaker had I known before signing up, but now I'm too far into it to turn back, so I need to make something work.