There is a bit of a judgmental obstacle to clear if your an out of state owner...the "this rich jacka$$ from TX" that we can overcharge - he won't know or care.

It sounds like because youre forced to use them, they have a monopoly and will overcharge you for the same work you could find someone else that's not HAND to do for less.

Any turnkey company that doesn't make it's money there either has to overcharge for their properties or they're nickel and diming investors on the back-end - either way they won't be around for long.Ok, carry on!

A mechanic can fake having credentials and insurance then grossly overcharge you for having for crappy work which you wont know about until things start falling apart.

The challenge will be to find an attorney that will basically admit this - and won't try to overcharge you.I remember getting a quote from an attorney, 20 years ago for $1500.

It seems like the client has a reasonable fear of being over-charged on the materials end, since shady contractors could simply pad the materials bill.  

Sounds like the seller is fishing, overcharging for the idea of financing, all while offering terms that meet predatory lending aspects, probably in hopes of taking it back and doing it again, most likely just betting on no other assets from you, you'll have lending problems in refinancing, bet that's what the seller is betting on too.And, as pointed out a 2/1 is nothing to sink that much money in, don't get caught up in some sob story of her granny needing an operation right now with 25K, sell the whole place for 25K and that's not going to be in a war zone either.

I want a bit more personalized service, not to be overcharged on repairs and most importantly communication. 

They over charge and over rate their their barters, such as sloppy paint job or poor clean up. 

“This meant that investors were not only overcharged, but the real estate supposedly securing their investments was worth much less than what defendants told investors.”But the investments performed poorly, and the business devolved into a Ponzi scheme as EquityBuild and the Cohens started using new money they raised to pay off existing investors, according to the SEC.