To avoid going through the same poor experience, keep reading.Even if someone gives you a referral here, do NOT make the mistake of assuming that the PMC will meet your expectations, just because they met the expectations of the referral source.In our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

I have a realtor in the area but I'm not sure of her experience in the STR world.

Would love some advice if anyone has any experience in this.

See my experience with them here. 

Is a fee typical or what has anyone's experience been or any suggestions.?  

All my experience is with residential properties so I don't have a great understanding of the difficulty involved with evicting commercial tenants.

There are plenty of DSCR lenders here on these forums so I'm sure someone with more experience with this type of loan will chime in.

., and borrower profile requirements such as experience level, credit, and other important aspects to your borrower.

This is a great route for investors who don't have the time or want to spend the effort sourcing deals.Like we have discussed an investor friendly agent is one who has experience investing personally but also has referrals for contractors and property management for you on the back end making it a very seamless investment as well.

If you provide a scope of what you are demo-ing, you may have better luck with someone's experience to comment here, but costs can vary regionally, so a local contractor would give you the best actual estimate.