If I understand correctly, Airbnb automatically collects Anchorage muni 12% tax from the guest (see article here) and I don't need to worry about it.

The only way you avoid this is collecting cash or check.

Our advantage is that the students are already prescreened and all of them have education loans, so no problem with rent collection. 

Our town generally sees 10%+ appreciation every year since it’s a very desirable school district. we would like to be able to sell each side of the duplex individually to collectively be able to sell them for much more money.  

So, instead of a flat fee, offer a higher percentage of collected rents. 

Hey everyone,Starting in my house hack first property and would like to know how you collect rent.

Considering this is such an expensive repair, if you get any push-back, I would let them know this will end up in collections if not paid.  

However, my tenants just renewed their lease, so I'm looking at another year of collecting easy rent checks. 

The C Corp did not collect rents from tenants, it collects it from me, to make bookkeeping easier.

For example: purchase price, financing contingency, inspection contingency, closing time frame, etc.You can put in that you're trying to reduce the price by 3% based upon a brokers commission.Additionally, most brokers contracts state the commission they collect if they sell it without an agent representing the buyer, so unless you're a licensed broker, you not using a buyers agent won't really affect the commission that's already been agreed upon.