Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

You bet!

I’m sure you have already calculated the costs involved with having a trashed good for nothing mobile home removed from your property.

The agent told me it is a pain to move a post office and no benefit for them to sign up for the extra work involved. 

It maintains our presence and involvement with the properties and allows us to “inspect” them without officially inspecting the property. 

There are numerous ways to get involved as a passive investor via syndication. 

Have the seller complete the form 17 condition disclosure if improvements, the other one if not.No bank will fund in 15 or whatever days, especially if no house involved.

There is real estate involved, but its not the primary investment motivator.

That being said, I think most laws have grey areas when direct family is involved...that being said, do you think anybody will report you?

So, lots of money (and Fremont has a lot) plus serious lack of new construction SFR plus still historically low interest rates mean something like this is a great deal for a developer, and actually not that risky a bet.