Some members on here have local meetup groups so it might not be a bad idea to join a few of them to network with investors in the area as well. 

Since I'm eager to make my first deal this is probably a bad thing. 

3) Sometimes it is not great to pick fights with your PM in terms of the lease/rent.

To me, the work is done badly but maybe I'm overreacting.

In real estate investing, there’s always demand for apartments in good and bad economies, so multi-family real estate is considered low-risk and therefore often yields lower returns.

You can always call the big boys like Renter's Warehouse but I've heard big PM companies give you bad service, IDK I PM my own. 

I know, I know..holding a rental property in s-corp is generally a bad idea. 

I'm sure you've seen a lot of investors on this site and others who bash us regularly because of their personal experience with bad managers (or people who claim to be managers) and I totally understand it.  

Bad news, if 5% is not included in your 25k then you have 84k gross - 4.2 vacancy - 25k Expenses - 50k Debt service = 4800/500k = 0.96% ROI.

If that is the only way to his property for the line, it might be a valid easement.Listen to your local lawyer, but the easiest route may be to make an official, recorded easement of what is than to fight it.