I renovated the property while he held title and assigned a replacement buyer in my place at the end to save on down payment and holding costs.

But they are well known in the brokerage community.that fee schedule is pretty much standard all across the mid west.. nothing jumps out at me.pay your own utl fee's and you save those or better yet have the tenants pay them.. the inspections have to be done one way or the other 50 bucks to do what they do is dirt cheap.mowing the lawns is going rate..so  pretty standard really.. usually they will have your authorization to spend more than a certain amount say 300 bucks.. and usually turn over or maintenance is marked up at least 15% over cost.I can tell you unless you have thousands of units no one is getting rich in the PM bizz.. not sure how many they have and maybe they have thousands of doors in that case they are probably doing quite well on the PM size.. anything at 500 and under is usually kind of break even for most. or just a wage frankly.

Very sophisticated operation indeed.There're few online web also that recently can display the deed and title back to 20 years. a lot of counties have some of this info on line as well.. 

@Jessica Morrisonwould need way more info... you haven't provided geographic location / area, numbers, strategy, financing info...what does your agent think?

That would save you the efforts of having to build a team. 

saved me some money but it still didn't matter when it didn't appraise!

We definitely need to continue saving but I think you're right, wholesaling is my best bet to get started.

Owner builder or building with a Contractor are questions I need answered plus any info I can get to improve my changes of getting a competitive loan. 

They almost never answer but if you leave a message with your contact info and property ID number (located on the form) they will call you back. 

City inspections of complaints to avoid fires, vermin, lead poisoning of a building perhaps overcrowded by migrants to save money.