And most tenants will not hire a pro painter, but just do it themselves.....Not priming over old trim, sloppy paint, drips, etc...will just cost you much more to fix when they move out.Using a Licensed or professional painter that they pay for would be a different matter, then I wouldn't mind.

Corporate travel, divorce, etc. are other potential tenants.If costs in your market allow, I would encourage a duplex purchase vs SF...potentially 2 income streams vs 1 would help offset the extra cost of a duplex.  

Plus there would be closing costs again.We are open minded about solutions. 

Usually after walking through the property he is able to give me a good ball park figure of what the renovation should cost barring unforeseen issues.

I wanted to seek some advice and opinions from this community before making a decision.Do you think the management fee and the additional services provided justify the cost?

There are also additional costs of operating and maintaining an LLC, like separate bank accounts, annual report filings, tax filings, etc.2.

2) What their tenant retention % is for like properties. 3) Rates, whats it going to cost.

There are set fees like any grantors tax, HOA disclosure package, then fees that vary, like settlement fee, deed prep, prorated real estate taxes, commissions, closing cost assistance requested in contract, etc.

Offer to cover 3% of closing costs since you’re saving that in realtors fees.

Though you could deduct the cost for cleaning it to (hopefully) get the smell out.