The prospective landlord shall not charge the prospective tenant, as a fee for any credit or other type of investigation, any more than the specific cost of such investigation.

My HVAC guy charges $75 so I'm a little apprehensive because it looks like water sprayed from something.

So I’m still researching and reading about REI (currently reading The ABCs of Real Estate Investing) and I realized I don’t understand how hiring a lawyer or account works.What exactly would I be asking them for and how would I be charged for their services?

It may sound nice to pay a 5% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no add-on fees.

@Dexter Markes I have not used lending one but they are a private lender with rates well above what a bank would charge.

My bank charges me interest based on prime rate plus 0.5%.

You can also charge back electricity generated from the PV and act as the utility/energy provider.

I'm new myself but a few investors I know locally seem to use Bay State Savings frequently. 

. $500k won't buy you much in San Fran but is a pretty healthy budget in Jax.One smaller factor is that Duval county doesn't charge impact fees on new construction (and is the only county in Florida that does not) which is great for developers but not so great when there's no money for maintaining our schools.https://www.jacksonville.com/news/20190423/duval-voters-to-decide-on-proposed-sales-tax-referendum-to-pay-for-replacing-repairing-renovating-schoolsAlso this isn't Florida or Jacksonville specific, but in times when the stock market is particularly volatile real estate investing becomes more appealing even with lower returns.Personally as an investor I find all this out-of-town investing a bit annoying (increased competition and increased prices) and am concerned that these properties potentially aren't well maintained.

Why are they charging so much???