My finder fees are enough to make them look and far less than what Property Manager would charge me.Remember it's to tenant advantage to find their own roommate and if you give them a finder fee you give them an extra incentive.As of yet I've never had to look for a tenant for this particular property..

Maybe you left a few details out, but what you did say is that you started investing in 2013 and own 4 properties.

For the extra few cents, I would probably add a 2nd roll if I were far away and was receiving complaints from guests.

They've (husband and wife) been really honest with me and also gave me details of my rentals that otherwise I wouldn't have known about.

There were people buying 2-3 extra houses expecting to turn around and sell them for a profit without any rehab.

Thank you Joe for your detail and informative response.

Here are the details. 

But if you want all of the details, you'll have to speak with a loan officer.

My wife is a perfectionist and gets mired in the details, treating every piece of information with equal weight. 

Maybe that was just a way high bid, but the maintenance and extra liability insurance ended up being cheaper over the near term, and since you may want to flip it eventually, it may be wise to keep it.