But I'm just trying to figure out how the apartment complex collects and how hard it is for them to collect, I would just rather take the check for $400.

That is proof enough we should be paying someone to do this.

Your PM will likely have much more time evicting, damage to the unit, travel  to collect rents multiple times, additional bookkeeping costs, etc.I have seen PM companies in rougher areas charge 12% average before.

Baley Whary I started using Cozy.co last month for rent collection when my new tenant requested an online payment option.

Starting out into rental property business.....looking into possibly using Easyrent.com for my tenant screening and online rent collection. 

If I had non-standard sizes, I would buy or make some number of reusable filters - maybe 6 or 12 - deliver them to the tenant, tell them to change them once per month and set the dirty filter aside, and I would collect them on a regular basis and clean them/have them cleaned, rinse and repeat. 

I wasn't implying that the file just sits on someone's desk for 3 months collecting dust.Best,Allen

Then you have to hire a lawyer and show your proof that you had an agreement and proof of payment.No owner is going to add you to the deed unless you have satisfied an agreeable amount of funds to transfer or add ownership.

Not exactly on topic, but if you dad is making that much money, and he just started collecting ss, there is an option to pay back what you took from ss and suspend his benefit until he is older. 

These are annual amounts collected over a period of years to cover the replacement of major capital items such as heating and air-conditioning plants and units, electrical systems, roof's, etc.