Anecdotal (and CoStar, to some degree) data indicates downtown - and East Village in particular - is overbuilt on the Class A high end for rental product. 

SOLUTION: Listen if I were you I'd put that property on the market as a rental and try to find 3-4 young professionals who are friends to rent the rooms out and refi into a conventional product so that you can pay your HML off and stop the bleeding!

One of the biggest issues with pro photography is the manipulation of the final product.

They have rental products.

The new vinyl products don’t have that problem anymore.

A hard smell of cleaning products all around to keep the cockroaches away.

It's unclear if there was any agreement/discussion between you and the attorney up front as to what specific services/product you expected and was to be provided and at what cost, so I'll just take a stab at this based on the limited info that's written.What was the $250 charge for? 

You have to pay money but they tend to walk you through the process and you learn from their expertise, process, and connections.You could also possibly joint venture with them if your funds are low.For Indiana there is good investor demand to buy as cap rates are higher for newly built product versus other states and property taxes are generally not overly high.What stuff usually costs will depend on contractor demand for the area.

RE agents that are productive finding a new broker is not hard.

Do products out there work?