I know in my 50 years of being an RE Broker in Multiple states I have had to just go direct its usually frowned upon per ethics but if you think you need to nothing stopping your agent from doing that..  

The only time you would see a fee related to maintenance would be a project management fee if multiple trades are required during a property turn. 

With the exception of 1 bedroom units, you basically have 2 options:-Oversized/commercial machines (potentially multiple sets)-Off site cleaning with clean spares on siteThe latter is almost always the most efficient and basically what hotels do at scale.

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If it is multiple units but all the rents are different amounts then it will be easier to track.

Functionally, it operates as a 2-story home since the downstairs area has multiple windows in each room and plenty of natural light.

Not awful, just not what I was expecting.I would also say that with 1 property I would probably not use a PMS but it is definitely helpful when you have multiple properties.

This is something you can do in multiple cities.  

@Remisola Omodara per Texas law, you are only allowed one Homestead exemption at a time, so not sure how you had multiple ones filed.

I generally prefer higher since I don’t plan on putting in small claims, it’s basically just for catastrophic loses and the savings in premiums over multpiple properties for multiple years should balance that out if I have ever have to use the insurance.