Now he calls me and needs extra month because of breakup and needs to find another place.

I am going to be spending very little, as we're hand writing all of the envelopes *which are free from a local printing company that has nice extra envelopes*, and the letters are going to be printed and signed.

It may sound nice to pay a 5% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no add-on fees.

We don't always get charged extra, but we often do.

The tax is mostly federal....We didn't wanna wait an extra year to do 1031 exchange, and also we have to buy an investment property if we do that instead of a place to live in.

It may sound nice to pay a 5% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no add-on fees.

IE assigning contracts.. you simply cannot in this state advertise through any medium a property you don't own. once you own it of course your free to do whatever.. but then if you rehab it you need a developers license.

True, there is a wealth of information here, but for someone like me who works a busy full-time job and does not have alot of extra time, it can be overwhelming. 

I owned a timeshare unit in a development with many unsold units. 

If so requiring them to use the system could be construed as extra rent.Some people like using non-online payments.Providing some form of a receipt for rent payments is generally a good business decision and if Cozzy does that it shouldn't be a problem.