In addition to any specific brokerages in the area (Stafford, Va and surrounding counties), any advice on terms of working with a brokerage? 

I agree with Corby.if it is cash flowing well, why get rid of it.I am growing my portfolio by adding rentals with occasional flips on properties I don't think are well located or have some good cash return on them for funding additional rentals.

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

Oh, and I haven't taken into consideration the write off of the additional interest on the cash out refi. 

I am going to use Robert Kauffman for an addition on a SFH I recently purchased in Tucker.

And the best part is, in addition to getting paid to learn, I'm providing a service that will help someone who is sick.

Obviously we’ll tell management tomorroww morning and request an additional pesticide sweep of our place, but is there anything else we can do??

Now I have the funding and am looking for additional deals. 

In addition to sites like this Ive found that driving the areas personally is the best bet to really get a sense of area. 

This is just a theoretical that popped into my head, but for those markets where rents are relatively low, would it be reasonable to take on a tenant with the typical one month's security deposit, but in addition you add $50 or $100/month to the rent to build up the deposit till it hits two month's worth?