This bleeds over into the PM understanding the investor's goals and objectives for the property, and thus screening tenants, maintaining the property, minimizing expenses and vacancy, and maximizing rent collections accordingly. 

However, while I was succumbing to shiny object syndrome (admiring the fancy new kitchen, new hardware, and beautifully tiled bathrooms), my agent was crawling around in the basement crawlspaces, collecting cobwebs and assessing the plumbing.

In short, what I'm getting at since your strategy is buy-and-hold, is self-manage.In the beginning, I recommend you learn how to manage your own rentals especially when you have single-digit quantity rentals.

They are good at negotiations and they can negotiate from an objective position without letting emotions get in the way.

I'm either getting low LTV allowances or interest rates in the double digits.

There are digital notaries doing closings these days and international notaries extist but I'm not sure what private lending companies would do in your situation.

Simply connect with those that provide rental properties with double digit net caps, in an appreciating market, and allow them to handle all for you. 

No system is perfect, so don't waste your time chasing after the next shiny object.

If you get lucky, it will be low single digit would be my guess.

A finder fee might be in the single digit percentages of the deal.Finally, to your question about whether it is fair.