Almost always gets them clean without having to use special tools or clean each slat by hand.

One special reason why is that the tenant buyer is going to give you 3% of the value of the house, you don't want to cancel check in the name of your company, you want it in the name of the title company or the attorney's office.

The commissions splitting is far less important now than getting onto a firm that specializes (or has a team that specializes) in what you're interested in becoming.

No way would that be a good option.However, in addition to lowering your rent, you have some other options that you didn't list out so wanted to throw them out there:- do minimal landscaping that costs less than what you would lose on the lower rent - this adds long-term value to your property and keeps the rent at your rate- do a move-in special that costs less than what you'd lose on the lower rent.

Then head on over to your local Real Estate Investor Association - most major cities have one and Kansas City is no different - actually KC has 2 REIA groups, 3 or 4 landlord groups and several other networking groups where you can LEARN a lot for pennies.Not that you can't learn for free, but most of these groups have a membership fee for their monthly meetings and a small fee for special training sessions.You can connect with people at live events, face to face and possibly find the mentor you re laooking for. . . . or you might go to some of the training workshops they offer and get the information you need to get started and then take questions to the REIA or even here to Bigger Pockets to fill in the gaps.If you print this reply out and take it to the next meeting of MAREI (June in Kansas City) you can go as my guest for free - just show it at the check in desk.

You may find there are significant labor hours associated with things that don't require any special skills, like demo. 

The property needs about 5k in unanticipated repairs based on the inspection, there is a special assesment of $165 that was not disclosed in the contract, the roof on the building needs to be replaced and the association does not currently have the funds to repair it properly hence the special assessment.Long story short I don't want to walk away from this property because these are all issues that can be addressed so I countered with a lower price based on this new information.  

There are people who specialize in helping to get properties re-zoned. talk to one of these people. 

You might consider Niche or Specialized Housing like student housing.

You might consider Niche or Specialized Housing like student housing.