They may do this because either (1) they are just plain greedy and they can, (2) they don’t feel they’re generating sufficient fees to justify their property management business, or for a variety of other reasons.

But you'll find a variety of every type of investor on the site, and everyone is amazingly helpful.

The prices are lower which would allow me to start soon and there is a solid variety of SFR in my range (40-75k or so).

There are 6 events a months on a huge variety of topics. 

If the tenant has any issues then we could have a variety of items...but usually I just go and check for leaks, put a little grease on the garage door rollers, check the air filters, etc. 

I'll disagree with anyone claiming that prepayment indicates poor money management skills because there can be a variety of alternative reasons to pay off all at once.

There are also a variety of plan formats with different costs and benefits depending on what you intend to invest in, such as having a 3rd party custodian be your processor or creating checkbook control. 

I made up my own mind based on the few bits of info that can be considered "facts" and conjecture from a variety of sources that passed my "This makes logical sense as a theory" filter.I don't think, by and large, the hard numbers are being outright made up.

He had a variety of options, depending on what your needs are.

Furthermore, since site development is not standardized because the lots aren't, you'll get a wider variety of estimates and less guardrails to assess them it seems than for vertical construction.