You're not going to walk away exclusively with feelings of pain or pleasure as-in feeling like you "paid for nothing" or "overpaid" if no defects in the sewer line are found OR feelings of "it was worth every penny" or "thank god I had it done" if defects were found. 

If administrative costs are increasing due to the volume of total properties under management, then the monthly fee should increase across the portfolio to ensure there is no conflict of interest between the owners and property managers.As you can see in my 2015 financials below, I paid $9,876 on repairs.  

Plus, you want your lease agreement to fit your business model, help you to reduce costs, provide for compensation from the tenant for administrative burdens imposed on you by tenant acts or omissions, provide for procedures tenant need to take for maintenance and other tenancy issues, etc.

I have a rental portfolio of 15 properties and a primary residence on a mortgage. 4 of which are in Indiana and plan on selling those this year. 6 single family homes in Pa in the same area and 2 duplexes (2 units each) .

It'll be a pain in the butt, potentially, but at least you'll be positive. 

The Congress and Administration need to get our fiscal house in order.

License bed transactions can be a real pain.

It's unfortunate but side deals are more of a pain than anything!

I am a real estate agent and a local investor as I said and investing in tourism sector in DR has different benefits:1- tax benefit ( no paying tax for 15 years )2- ROI +8% 3- Great Appreciation (natural and forced)4- financing 0% by the way, some residences are working with international tour operators and resort administrations like Windham who guarantee +60% occupancy over the year on your property. ( this is for long-distance investors )If you or anyone on this topic has any questions about it pls answer or DM me 

We have dedicated people on the ground cleaning, maintaining, as well as office staff handling the administrative and marketing tasks.