Some investors want to know the seller has an actual legitimate hardship, and/or are looking to see if they can't get some extra cash from the seller at closing, or to issue a 5-10 promissory note to the seller to reduce the delinquency.There is also the issue of the investors requiring a lot of exceptions to offers that hold up the actual deals.

I feel like I should at least be making some cash flow, but after the mortgages are paid, PM collects her fee (8%) and any repairs,maintenance, taxes or insurance are paid, I'm left with no extra income. something seems amiss here and when I ask PM she says this is normal and to be expected the first few years of owning rental property.

Extra good communication with those folks.Oh, and do NOT allow your tenants to use their own bank's billpay service.

Knowing this, I asked the owner's realtor if they could possibly end the lease this month or the following month (with me extending the closing an extra 30 days).

Some states have extra requirements when dealing with domestic violence victims.

A few things this has taught me Keeping a property well maintained is definitely enough to stop a tenant (me) from moving Paying for those extra finishing touches seems to not only command higher rents, but also get a higher quality of applicants (and I hope tenants) I very tightly scheduled individual showings.

I think the 4/2 had a 24K BTU (it was ~5 years ago) and required an extra drop from the utility company and a new panel. 

While using the listing agent gives them an extra incentive to close the deal, they never owe any allegiance to you in any way, shape, or form.

Of course you don’t have to spend a fortune to do this – just a couple of extras can help to position your property as ideal for that target market.4.

The 'extra'  equity and loan amount will hurt your cash flow for that property but what if that' extra' was $10k that you were able to use your buy a note that returns 13% annually.