My personal opinion is that spending a little more on nicer things will help you rent faster, may help retain tenants a little longer, and might also help encourage people to take a little better care of the place.For the B units, I like to go for nicer things that don't cost a lot.

So I'm not exactly afraid of discount brokerages pushing me out of business if they can not even retain their own clients.If someone does not need an agent I am all for them going at a deal themselves.

I am trying to think outside the box for possible ways to retain some of the paid out money for the repairs. 

How does that work, do I have to pay to retain him or is he helping me for free on the hopes that he gets to be the PM of the property after closing?

  $39/month is the retainer. 

But they do retain your tax deferral and flexibility to move from a holding position to bricks and mortar and vice versa. 

With it being so difficult to find deals that make sense right now, we are seeing several of our  clients doing a 1031>DST to avoid tax and retain income/appreciation.

Timing the market right now in hopes of locking in a better sale price is tough, from the cyclical standpoint.A great tactic, if you have a VA or FHA loan on the property, is to market the property with an assumable loan so the buyer can retain your loan.

Be open to supporting 1031, owner financing, multi year phased purchase, retaining them for a year, putting down deposits for options to buy, whatever else helps them.  4.   

The banker told me that tenants with money will have to pay an attorney as opposed to getting free legal aid, and any attorney that realizes there's no chance of winning will go no further than a scare letter without a retainer.