However, I do not think this needs to be in the very first communications with the listing agent.

Initially, you may want to make this “$0” until you are comfortable with your PM, and also layout the preferred method of communication – I suggest written so there is a paper trail.

I cannot (and would never) communicate with the tenants that until I am the legal owner of the property but the P&S has strong language that no lease can be amended, extended, colored blue, etc.

How do you communicate with owners?

I told her that was not allowed, but I suggested she use any one of the number of child safety devices that are sold for this very purpose. 

I’m very concerned with the lack of communication here.

I understand not every individual I talk to will deal but just having a starting point helps with communicating with these agents or getting a contract ready. lol these beginning stages are the worst so if anyone has helpful advice I could use today please share. thank you 

Plus you have to be able to communicate with her so get a sell or email address that she actively monitors.

Perhaps at that point it is a leadership or communication problem.For example…The engineers had a high certainty that the O-rings on the space shuttle Challenger would fail but they were ineffective in communicating this to their management.

Based on the deal structures I'm familiar with, moving to an equity partnership is going to require an LLC and partnership agreement, a CPA to oversee the finances and disbursements, additional reporting, and additional communications and stakeholder management on my part.