Typical service call is 60Bucks for me.

In my smaller commercial deals yes I did get the tax return schedule E (bank typically request it too), but on larger deals Sellers declined to provide it and broker said that's fairly common. 

How much time do you typically take to do a make ready?

These are typical types of home sales that you may have to purchase to get the right deals, so you want to make sure your agent is comfortable working with them. 5.

Essentially, you want the property to pay for itself, including the mortgage.

Remember that someone experienced makes LESS MONEY on referrals typically because they already have tons of business.Some brokers/agents do not have time for any referrals.

I guess the con is there is typically more space throughout so turn costs will be higher.

You don't typically want to refuse to pay your full rent without an agreement with him, as he could work towards eviction.

I'm looking at offering on the property that is right text to my childhood home.  There is a small concrete rectangular channel that separates the 2 homes (it's in a subdivision).  Now according to the FEMA FIRM, this...

It's a bit higher than normal if you choose both, so if you do the criminal and rental checks you could get away with credit only for $20 which I think is typical.