I’ve not used their tenant screening.

Look for a more affordable market, more strict tenant screening.

This is usually around 4-5k and it has to be up front and this is one of my screening tactics. 

For all these inquiries, I replied back with a quick questionnaire on pre-screening questions, but only received a handful (5-10) responses.

Hi My Name is Marcel Sunday I'm a 19 Year old Real Estate Investor in the Dayton Ohio area and I'm looking to start big with Small to Mid Size multifamily.

PROs: 1) You will learn more about how property management works, which will improve your chances of hiring a good PMC in the future.2) You will save PMC fees3) You'll know your properties better than any PMCCONs:1) You may make costly PMC mistakes: tenant screening, legal, evictions, maintenance, being too nice, not being on top of things2) More time3) You may make emotional decisions insted of business decisions

For all these inquiries, I replied back with a quick questionnaire on pre-screening questions, but only received a handful (5-10) responses.

I am in a relatively small-mid sized area in central Illinois of about 20k population.

There is also a rule that allows for extenuating circumstances and for what is called a "Change in Life Circumstance" which would pertain to a move related to a work, school, increase in family (GLA needed), retirement (down-sizing) etc.So Covid is actually on the list of examples when it comes to this issue and how its treated. 

Depending on the size of the rooms, and what you want to do, a contractor will most likely average about $3K-$5k per room.