Fitchburg Listing Inventory has remained flat for the first quarter of the year, below the previous year with Sales matching near half the previous year over the last 2 months.

In between my agent and I would walk houses where human feces was smeared all over walls, flea infestations were so bad you had to spray yourself down in the front yard when you came out, and rugs with years of dog and cat urine baked into it.

There is a fundamental difference between charging a flat fee like you are to cover administrative costs and running a maintenance arm out of a Property Management Company that encourages discounting work so they can recognize an additional revenue stream. 

Sales are inching slightly but have stayed flat for the most part.

This is just a person flat-out making things up and pretending to be the vessel of all knowing and that everything conforms with there FEELINGS of how things are. 

But there is still a lot more risk baked in - a lot more moving pieces, a third party is involved, a lot more chances for things to go wrong compared to #3. 

Its a flat 1-2% of the amount they fund.

That's the next big hurdle in this; but I think it's safe to say next 2 years is flat to decline in rental price growth and year 3 will be a small, sub inflation bump. 

You will find quotes all over the map which are usually apples and oranges as CPAs specialize in different things and have different business models (Flat fee, Subscription, Hourly, Hybrid etc).

Also, there are PM companies that charge a flat fee vs percentage.