If you are full time investing or as an agent you theoretically have an edge to be able to do more of this relationship building while folks doing it "part time" would have less availability.

I hired someone and I agree with just paying to move on.   

Also she deducted funds from my account last year to pay water bills and I found out those were never forwarded to the water company so I had to pay that out of pocket last.  

I pay it with my CC and send them the bill.

Finally secured builer in October 2023 took until jJune to get permits and now The insurance company says they won't pay until building is complete.

It may sound nice to pay a 6% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no additional fees.

Now every week that passes, I'm paying extra to keep my rate in.

Has anyone identified a creative way to get residents of properties purchased at foreclosure to leave on their own without having to pay Cash for Keys or bearing the cost of evictions?

I don’t want to be accused of discrimination, I won’t keep up on local law changes, I might be reluctant to charge late fees and with their knowledge of going rents and rent increases they usually pay for themselves.

. - equity pay down is significant on expensive property.So if using 50% expense ratio, if you are less negative than market rent, you are likely doing better than most local RE investors.