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). 

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

Followed by tenant screening, tenant placement, rent collections, evictions, maintenance, unit turnover, deposit refunds, and repeat again. 

A tip of advice, work for a placement that best allows tapping into existing waste lines, water lines are no big matter to run distance but waste has strict plumbing code that is distance impacted, as in inches matter, seriously.

Also, placement of the door doesn't match. 

Also a Realtor might list it for a flat, one time placement fee, no costs if they don't get the tenant.    

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Even if the tenant doesn't move in, he or she will probably be willing to put a non-refundable deposit down to hold it until next month @$900.To the point about your pm, next time consider hiring someone that specializes in tenant placement only. 

$450 for each new tenant placement

It's precisely because they only do it once a decade that they obsess over it.