If you said 250k, there's probably no meeting in the middle. 

I once bought a house in a tattoo shop because I was stationed in the middle of no where and he was the only notary for 100 miles.

I'm not a new real estate investor, nor am I a seasoned one, probably more middle of the road, and here's my story.  

(Middle class family starter homes).

How much is your stress worth to have a client call you in the middle of the night that there was an attempted home invasion?

Senior broker might get 4,000, middle agent 3,000, junior agent 1,500.I am a principal broker so get the full 15,000 as it is my company but still a deal like that is too small for my time.

It's not that property managers aren't doing a good job out there it's that property manager's are in a position where no matter what they do one party is unhappy with them as they are in the middle of two opposing sides. 

A few days later their realtor reached out to mine and made a more "let's meet somewhere in the middle" offer. 

From the same source:"Vice cites a 2009 Canadian study by the Centre for Policy Alternatives that found that "the vast majority of Canada's population" gets a great deal: "Middle-income Canadian families enjoy public services worth about $41,000 — or 63 percent of their income.

You cant replace a tenants furnace in the middle of winter with "positivity".