Berkeley is a place to look at, closer to campus the better.

Ideally that salary would be closer to 5-8% of the rents.

This was a step closer to my answer. 

I have equally found that there is something magical about IN-PERSON MEETUPS...when I left my traditional W2 for a PropTech startup I led our grass-roots business development by going to every possible Chicago Meetup for about 2 YEARS STRAIGHT!

(older ones are closer to 20) However there is the very rare occasion when it may be reasonable to do something. 

I've spent a better part of the last year looking at the markets closer to me, it's how I ended up adding Connecticut to list.

I feel like now the effective rate is much higher than 18% (closer to 30% +)  we agreed on… since they are taking 18% of the net total AND the cleaning fee sum.

In our markets, it’s probably closer to 1 - 1.5% above any realtor fees.  

Yes, we’ve looked around and if it’s just a rental we are more open to further away but if we find a flip it’ll need to be closer to keep it realistic for us as a family. 

@Allen Tracy got one CPA that I use, he is based closer to me however, good one to put on your list to contact.