But agree third party real estate web sites don't update status changes of a property based on my experience. 

Out of state and no experience with rentals............SETUP for DISASTER.2.

Other than making less money overall, some of the other downsides of my S8 experience were the following:1.

Eligibility requires that you have some self-employment activity and no full time non-owner W2 employees.I have not had any experience with that company before, but it looks like they charge almost 4 times what we do to set this up.

I am hoping to like many others build up a good retirement through real estate and are looking for opportunities to learn good practices, soft skills and gain confidence and build repeatable systems that can scale. 

From my experience (I could be wrong) there isn't a format but the estimate should list details like the materials to be ordered and the hours of labor needed for each repair project (for example the kitchen cabinet installation or exterior doors) along with a cost listed for each line item.

I had a similar experience also didn't get 2 of my properties rented by November after I turned over one at the beginning of August and the other mid September.I switched to another local but flat rate company who rented both in less than 2 weeks.

From experience I can tell you if a healthy tree falls it is your problem.

If you have had the same experience please share. 

I like to think that everything happens for a reason and that there is something to learn from every experience.