I'm glad your property manager "softened" on the matter, but what you should have done, and your PM should have done, is looked at each other with mortification as you realized that you were ENTIRELY in the wrong.Your tenant gave you an attitude?  

Even though you say you haven't closed yet on a property I believe it's only a matter of time you are learning each time you make a mistake.

@Robert Curls I would do both as it is only a matter of time  before the AC unit goes.

Any light on the matter would be great, thanks!

I chose to become an investor.No matter what, please take this away from my post: There are two real ways to make money in all types of real estate:1) Find a great deal and expose it to a person who knows how to create real equity (Source the transaction).  

After reading the document it sounds like I am obligated to use him no matter what for the property I purchase or I will have to pay a fee.

But if there is no benefit to me, I'll just advertise at rent minus x w/o the insurance rule.In case it matters, this is an owner-occupied building.

So it sounds like no matter what we would bump into special assessments, but maybe the payoff timing for financing will soften the impact.

Number of units matters as well.I focus on the commercial transactional side and my own investments by choice.

Garages matter here with snow and also for storage.