You pay interest on what you use,usually.

They furnish it, pay the utilities and rent it out to people staying for a short time. 

I don’t expect any favors or pricing advantage because we pay competitive wages but if someone else is committed to doing a job as good and cheaper then the bottom line is I’m still trying to run my business and make a profit.

Are you thinking of putting sparkly hearts on the document to demonstrate your creativity, is your pain point the down payment and you're trying to navigate that with seller financing, is the issue that the in-place tenants aren't paying rent? 

Why would we have to pay several thousand dollars to remove portions of the tree to satisfy their complaint?

MLS works well, and you find qualified leads, but you do end up having to pay a large commission to other realtors.  

Now, there will be those deviations given specific unique factors, say a steel town somewhere that 40% work at the plant and plant shut's down, oh-yeah, big time decline.

I'm putting solar panels on a new 4 plex build so I can pay all utilities under a single payment and make life easier for everybody as it is a medium term to short term rental.

Put grill back together and tie grocery bag shut. 

@Bob SmithWhile investing via Turnkey Rentals sounds easy, you should understand that you will be paying full retail, often even more, for the properties.