It gives you perhaps a more thorough view of the type of person they are. 

Quote from @Jason Weber: I am curious to know how many properties/units this person is managing and how much you are saving by hiring them instead of a professional property manager.Management involves a lot more than collecting rent, showing vacant units, and turnover.

I personally save a fortune on taxes and my clients do very well with this strategy.

Personally, what I've been doing is simply adding up these individual expenses, and then come tax time or whatever, simply divide it among the number of properties that I have, and then add that number to the specific unit in question's maintenance/repair expenses.

Your draft person should know about this, but make sure you check this.

I personal would only explore re-financing with other lenders (having conversations- getting to know what they offer).

Jonathan Klemm might be able to help.He runs Quality Builders, a tech-enabled GC business in Chicago with proprietary technology including tracking and estimating rehab costs.

It just depends on your personal situation and overall investment goals. 

I, personally, prefer not to be cash flow negative assuming 20% down on a deal.

The person then gets called and qualed and so it begins.I am reasonably tech savvy but not as much in this realm (not yet I guess) and nobody end to end owns the process.