They want stellar performance on: 1) listing, 2) screening, 3) leasing, 4) inspections, 5) maintenance, 6) lease enforcement, 7) communication, 8) liability mitigation, 9) tenant management, 10) market trends, 11) technology, 12) move-in / move-out process, 13) handling/disposing of tenant property, 14) resolving disputes, 15) vendor relationship and management, etc. 

I've done some research on tips to buying on the auction site and have looked into the property on the county site. 

If you also have tips and things to look out for, I'm all ears. 

Get help from a lawyer who knows about landlord and renter issues for legal tips.

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.

She was a great tenant but moved out of state, I wish to be able to find another tenant that was just like her.

I was planning to renovate and update the property once he did decide to move out one day, so not renewing his lease would just be an opportunity to jump start that.Thanks for your comments!

First off, in some brokerage accounts, you can move money around index funds without incurring a taxable event i.e VTSAX to VTI or something or withint a 401k or Roth and completely change your funds much like a 1031 Exchange.Are you sure you are in a taxable account?  

Your budget or lack of budget will probably have the biggest impact on how you move forward. 

You can make sure to get 10% off coupons from usps moving or buy gift cards at 90 cents on the dollar (I get them as credit card rewards) to stack up the best discounts.