I could put the property under contract and that would give me the rights to sell it, but would they even consider buying it with the assignment fee or would I double close?

If you refi to conventional, you'll still have to pay PMI and it will take a few years to break-even on the fees that they'll charge you.

Does someone know what is the typical property management fee in CS ?

It will vary from city to city, but almost every process will take far longer than you would like, I don't believe any one item will be super expensive, but the holding costs and small fees from the city will add up over time.

If you syndicate the deal investors are actually taking an ownership stake in the property, and you usually split the profits with the investor, and may even collect a few fees for your efforts.There are a number of ways this can be structured but here is an example of a deal I invested in not to long ago...

When using hard money lenders you have a lot of variables; are they legit, if they are legit how many "points" do they charge, what interest rate, for what term, what are their "junk fees", do they actually fund, what is their policy if you can't pay off the loan at the specified date and so on.

I called him and he said he wanted to know about the unpaid hoa fee.

This will reduce the VA funding fee which is just PMI payed upfront.

Unless you have something in writing from property managers saying you can break the lease on the 15th, without fee, it will be difficult to argue that they were letting you out. right now it is a "he said, she said" situation, assuming everything was verbal. billing you prorated rent for January is your only indication that "maybe" they were letting you out early with no fee. if you took this in front of a judge, which is what you will need to do to recoup your loss, it would be up to him to decide who is right and who is wrong.many counties have free legal aid for tenant issues. my suggestion, run it by them and see what they say. if they agree with you, a strongly worded letter may get you your money. if not, you have to go to court, and you will have to decide if half a months rent is worth all that trouble.

I'm wondering if anyone knows what city fees, permits, and taxes (school, water, fire) will be applied to the development.