Looking online I see a bunch of large companies that do this sort of work... but I would prefer a small consultancy, maybe just one or a few people.

From what I read online, its at the lender discretion.  

I've already left a bad review on them through online media and my partner will sometime this week.

I came across a service provider recently that could create a "we buy houses" type website and then drive traffic to it via Google pay per click program and Facebook ads.  I like the idea of simply paying for this ser...

any online events?

Hello everyone, I'm not an experienced investor I should say from my experience that I'm a terrible one, we owned a doublewide on a 1 acre lot in Gainesville Ga that took us a lot of work to pay off ($59,900 owner financed at 10% interest) but once we finish it we tried to rent it out and it didn't work, tenants destroyed the property so we left it alone for a few years.Two years ago I decided I was going to fix it myself and I did, it took me 1.5 years and at least 20k but once we finish it we had a bad storm in Georgia (Irma) and three trees fell on top of the house.

In a competitive market, this is critical whether you are a new or experienced investor.

I joined bigger pockets to network with other investors and hopefully interact with experienced investor who can help shorten my learning curve as I build a portfolio. 

Most of the experienced ones will be able to give you a ballpark per SF as a starting point, which may vary depending on price point and therefore level of finish out. 

If the previous tenants costs exceed the deposit, the account recievable stays as an expense against the property owners rent revenue until the tenant settles up.To me this is very odd, and I never experienced it until this month, does anyones property management company do their book keeping this way?