The numbers look good:Location: Broadway HouseNumber of Units: 1Rent: $1,350.00 Square Feet: 1,666 Upfront Costs:Cost per Unit $95,000.00 Price: $80,000.00 Cost per Square Foot: $57.02 Cap Improvements & Repairs: $15,000.00Cash on Cash Return:19.84%Total: $95,000.00 Debt Coverage: [minimum 1.6] 1.78 20%Down: $19,000.00Capitalization Rate (ROI)9.05%Current Assessed Value: $29,666.00 Loan Amount: $76,000.00 Net Cash Flow per month: $314.08 Interest: 4.88%Net Cash Flow per month per unit: $314.08 Term (yrs): 30Total Rent/Month: $1,350 GROSS SCHEDULED RENTAL INCOME: $16,200.00 Less: Total Annual Debt Service: $(4,826.40)Less: Operating Expenses: $(6,470.63)Less: Vacancy and Credit Losses (7%): $(1,134.00)NET CASH FLOW: 3,769 NET OPERATING INCOME - (NOI): 8,595 INTEREST: 3,680 DEPRECIATION: 3,455 NET INCOME: 1,461 Property Insurance: $1,000.00 Property Management (10%): $1,620.00 Placement Fee(30%): $405.00 Real Estate Taxes (5.06179%) $1,501.63 Repairs and Maintenance (12%) $1,944.00 Services: Snow Removal: 720 Utilities: Electricity: N/A Gas and Oil: N/A Sewer and Water: $30.00/mo Other

Unless you have a strict maintenance schedule I wouldn't settle for anything but top quality products.

You can control and budget your own CAPEX some for interior elements (like your own floor laying and the above schedule, for example) but for the association not so much.Condos are odd ducks, too.

My job now is interesting and pays fine, but real estate is more exciting.

And now that they have a home that they “own” they are content and don't want to move from this place of certainty even if it means slaving away at a job they don't like for 30 years.

It's our job to correctly report what's given to us.

If you are obligated, you need to either get on them or their managing broker that they are not doing their job, and possibly at that point request the exit of the contract that obligates you to pay their fee.Personally, I just posted on Zillow, which also posted on Trulia. that is how I just rented my house. 

I have a full time job but am still making sure to keep close communication with everyone.

We Do have our own survey scheduled for all of the lots connected and rental property lot.2. 

Last time I did this, I spent five days and only got two of 6 to show up and of the two, one never passed me his bids and one turned out to be a bathroom specialist only and did not want the other task associated with the job.