The whole thing is a racket for some companies, but there are good ones.I've never heard of a one-person tank removal company.

Using real world comps & calendars from your personal experience, local PM's, online estimators.

Just trying to imagine how to compensate for an office, but also when the person uses it full time as a bedroom

Personally, I did over 250+ transactions (including STR, MF, SFH, LTR, RRs, Corporate leasing, Acquistions/Sales, Value-Adds, etc.) on and off market in 2023-to-date in our area.

Anything under 12.5k sqft I’ve found that the fixed costs are too much to achieve that 35%.40,000sf: This is just a personal rule of thumb where currently I’m trying to stay away from the spaces where the institutional players are operating (if I can).

I even had this problem in my personal home and a steam mop handled the issue,

Build relationships and don't treat every person as a transaction, and these types of things won't happen to you.We lend to plenty of investors who use the same wholesalers time and time again and don't try to do any of these things because the numbers work for everyone.Build a quality book of business and none of these things will be issues.

(I do not live in Orlando, my retired father does)... and my father takes care of all the maintenance (repairs, hiring contractors for electrical, HVAC, roofing, etc.) as well as showing the property for leases, he is my hands and eyes there... all for free, I do not pay him a salary or any compensation, and he does not want one. 

I really like the equation, though, because it does encourage/provide the idea that house hacking can truly increase your personal net worth and be a better option than for example  (having a relatively higher income in town A but you rent versus lower income in town B but you house hack -- the NWROI may tell you house hack in town B!

How is the university doing from your eyes/research?