Besides the inspection and attorney fees.

The county tax records still list the original owner who no longer lives there.  

The brokerages don't care as long as your monthly fees are paid.

One thing to keep in mind if you hire a PM is they may charge you for every lease signed,  so if they rent to a group - that's one charge, if they rent to 4 separate students - that is 4 leases and 4 charges, see if you can negotiate that  - could cost you $300 for group and $1200 individual if you don't negotiate that fee with them.

Originally posted by @Emily Powell:Approximately half of all Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck. 

All I needed was the applicant's email address to send the application to and to pay the fee.2.Very fast turnaroundCompared to the typical paper process the turnaround time was very fast.

Originally posted by @Christine Swaidan:@J Beard Could you please explain your last paragraph? 

I'm originally from Pearland, now living in Cypress.  

From my understanding real estate in big markets such as Chicago, Miami, LA, and NY is very difficult to make profit on because of taxes and other fees.

I check it with different zip code, the fees are different.