You essentially have your own PM company for your own properties, not apples to apples of the people you train to self manage.

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I had enough nightmare experiences just with roommates to know how tough being a landlord is out there when you come across a bad apple!

But again the seller is the one who makes the decision to lower price or not.And of course rehabbers who contract do so subject to a inspection but its fully disclosed to the seller no hiding behind nebulious contract outs.. if the rehab cost come back to high they can renegotiate or punt.. but seller understands that.. as for tenants and apps that's apples to oranges .. but I do like the comparison on the agent you mentioned.but as others have stated if you can't move your wholesale deal you may have goofed up on what you think its worth and or the rehab..

Just like any business, there are bad apples.

Really the title company does the lions share of the heavy lifting.

., look how much property Google has bought in Sunnyvale recently, Apple's space ship, I believe Adobe is hiring more in San Jose, etc..

From my research, most managers charge 1 month for a 12 month lease and then a recurring monthly fee of $75-$100 (for those firms that do flat fee monthly management).I would also be careful to compare apples to apples. 

I replaced, the carpet, put some fresh paint on the walls and tried to hire a "professional" to help me with the heavy lifting.  

Many clients expect their agent to do all of the heavy lifting, but if you aren't returning emails or phone calls for hours, you are missing out on opportunities- it's not as if the agent can offer on your behalf.