He has more experience with rentals so I decided to let him take the lead but now he is wanting to charge me a 37.5% of the rent to find the tenants and 5% a month.

Margin space at the top and bottom, sides, font size = pages to be filed with many standard documents = $$$$$$$ Filing feesWhile it does standardize documents, many attorneys may have charges per page = $$$$$Need a copy of filed documents from the Recorder= $$$$$Fees to be charged are often regulated by statute at the state level and is in some places seen as a taxing issue, so they can manipulate an increase by requiring the number of pages to present a deed or assignment for example.

They might still charge PMI but I believe you can get it removed (and therefore, your monthly mortgage payment reduced) after you have paid it for a certain period of time or if the property appreciates enough to have 20% equity (whereas FHA financing does not allow PMI to be removed).

Offer 3/4 what a commercial service would have charged and then agree on some price slightly higher.Remember as a property owner you always pay for upkeep.

Sometimes they will want to split profits, other times they will charge you monthly interest.

:It's what the fair tax concept is based upon, of which I am a proponent....sorry if I am too simple...maybe I should find something else to do...One has absolutely nothing to do with the other...and the two financial models are completely different...The Fair Tax is -- in theory -- a fixed, non-negotiable tax charged to a pre-determined party (the end-user).

However, I just asked the title company for a copy of the pre HUD-1 and it shows that the seller has incur some charges (e.g. title services and lender's title insurance).

To be honest, once I passed my exam, I had about 20 solicitations from managing brokers in the mail over the course of 3 weeks.To start, pick a firm that doesn't charge desk fees.

i want to charge them $100 to clean it and they think it's "normal wear and tear". what's so normal about having the carpet dark in the areas where furniture was not present?

If you are priced above their budget, they won't bother to look.Now, if your sq footage is below the norm for the area, then you should expect to charge less for rent; but the converse does not work!