I retain accruals of incentive pay and break down the time frame to the week worked.

I would be the property manager and retain mortgage reserves from the rent, allowing me to offer a guarantee to the note investor.

I make sure to pay him within the week of the work, and make sure to file the invoices away for reference and taxes.In my opinion this is the best option, since you never know how much you will use him/her in one months time, they should be paid per job bases; however, the busier you get you can bring them on as a retained handyman.

Even when you find one, the turnkey operator typically sucks out a huge amount of the profit that I can retain myself, if I simply invest in residential real estate locally.  

Does one pay a retainer and then get billed in tenths of an hour each time the client would call or email for advice? 

I do soil studies and provide foundation recommendations as well as any other pertinant earth design requirements for a site (retaining walls, dams, pavement, etc).

There are a number of other duplexes and triplexes on the "quality" level of mine - makes it much easier to retain the A+ tenants and avoid vacancies.

Common fees will include a set-up fee, leasing fee for each turnover or a lease renewal fee, marking up maintenance, retaining late fees, and more.

If needed, slowly improve the property to attract better tenants and retain those you get.5.

My Spanish is broken at best, and I've had a hard time retaining anyone consistently to take these calls for me.