For deeper tax benefits, look into syndications and private placements.

Different tenant types will vary, such as insurance claim placements around a week or less to leisure travelers on vacation or visiting family who sometimes book a few months in advance.

Beyond the Monthly Management, Placement & Maintenance fees, all other fees in our contract are IF EVENT -> THEN fees.

Ironically, this placement fee also is negative incentive for the management company to do a good job.

I’ve done a little research regarding tax deductions for the portion I am renting out but was looking for more advise for precisely calculating how much of the house I can offset with depreciation for tax purposes.

As far as placement, I think you have a few options:Outside.

I do believe that many investors who are buying turnkey property today are going to be hurt precisely because they are buying "Turnkey".  

You will need to have a private placement memorandum and an investor pitch deck aka presentation.You will need a trust and escrow company to handle your incoming investor funds.Securities Attorney! 

.$1000 for tenant placement if you need it. $250 per lease renewal.I would appreciate the opinions of anyone who has any experience with ZIPRENT for property management and/or tenant placement?

Debating between a local company that charges $350/month or an online company like ZipRent that charges $100/month and half the cost for Tenant Placement vs the local company (about $1000 in savings and free photos).