Plus, with the SF Rent Board allowing only 0.5 ppt or 1ppt of rent increase a year, that's not adding much to an already low number.  

If that doesn't work but you are still confident it's a good deal and want to move forward, you can put down extra cash to make up the difference.

Numbers-dependent of course, but adding more properties is where the income is going to come from for financial freedom. 

My finder fees are enough to make them look and far less than what Property Manager would charge me.Remember it's to tenant advantage to find their own roommate and if you give them a finder fee you give them an extra incentive.As of yet I've never had to look for a tenant for this particular property..

I've had two complaints in the past 2 weeks of not enough TP even though my ad says we provide a "start" and you may need to buy your own.

There were people buying 2-3 extra houses expecting to turn around and sell them for a profit without any rehab.

Those are the major self-promotion methods that are left.You could also try FB ads and the like now that I think about it.

So you do all the work and because of this additional language, if added, you get no commission?

I'm proposing to be added to the deed (I would have to be in order to manage, my firm does not do prop management), be responsible for getting the property to 100% occupancy, maybe doing some rehab, and split some % of profit.

Outsource tedious low-value added activities but make sure you do the important ones yourself.