Strong dollar means higher component costs.3.  

The management company has replied that they don't coordinate with neighbors and just want me to cover the cost of all the repairs. 

But after working with him, I realized he was very systematic and mostly cared about closing deals without much care for the client's long term needs.Here’s an example: I had a $10K escrow with the seller—$5K due upfront and $5K after the inspection.

If your property management company is good and has built an internal maintenance team which has set rates and had strong relationship relationships with licensed contractor which should keep costs in control, you should never need to shop contractors on your own I wouldn't think.So in short, our policy is give us your preferred contractors upfront if you have them, but then we work all tickets to resolution including dispatch, and payment of invoices.This is of course for operational expenses.  

To not charge for it is to cover a cost that any tenant for the entire yard would need to address themselves...from the tenant side they can say that including it reduces their useable area below their 3 Ac gross...neither is right or wrong, it's just differing perspectives on what is best for them. 

From there we identify properties that could have some potential and if you are interesting in diving deeper, 1) we do a thorough video walkthrough to give you a realistic look of the property, 2) we give a ballpark estimate of rehab costs (we do 40 a year with our GCs o we will get pretty close), 3) we talk through market rent with our property management team, ARV, and potential highest and best use.Ideally you find great investor agents who know their market really well and have a network of resources to provide you with enough confidence to take reasonable action. 

These products allow you to purchase a home that may need some work and roll the renovation costs into your mortgage. 

That is part of the cost of investing.  

I have not personally tried the Wire feature though.I am an Accountant and use it and refer my clients to it as well, connect with me and I will look to see what the costs are to send a wire, they do allow free check and ACH payments if timing is not a factor.I had a client who used Titan, and as an Accountant I did not like it.

Renting to Section 8 Long-Term TenantPurchase Price = $250,000Renovation Cost =$3,800Appraised Value = $270,000Monthly Rental To Section 8 Tenant = $2,800Monthly Mortgage Payment = $2,100Monthly Reserve for Maintenance and CapEx = $200Monthly Cash-flow = $500Another investment property was closed and added to my rental portfolio.