It may sound nice to pay a 6% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no additional fees.

You'll have to pay to post, it's $69/month.

I pay myself on a W2, I've submitted my tax returns and a bunch of other info to them, now they want to see the company's financial records.

They didn't pay and left the place a mess, with plenty of belongings like beds, clothes, bikes, etc. 

Starting with the question of whether you can subdivide the parcel without paying off your current mortgage, the  question is what is the home on the smaller parcel worth, rather than focusing on the current ARV of $325,000.00.

In the future you never offer to pay anything without receipts.

He said it’s more of an incentive to get his tenants to pay on time.

So, they have barely an inkling of how to work with an investor to find "deals".Of course, most of the newbie investors don't know what a "deal" is either, with many of them willing to pay asking, or above asking prices.

In my area, there seems to be a ceiling on what people will pay for rent and if they have enough income to rent a $500,000 home, they will just buy one instead.

No you must have boots on the ground.