Garbage- Dumpster or can you get can service?  

Maintenance is one of the biggest challenges, maybe even #1, in the Property Management industry.Seems maintenance is, Never Fast Enough for Tenants, or Cheap Enough for Owners!

Quote from @Robert Zajac: 15% markup on maintenance is one of the highest I've heard of.

., mortgage interest, taxes, repairs, depreciation) on Schedule E starting when the property is placed in service.

Think of yourself of an asset manager, not a maintenance provider or lease-up specialist (but do those well too).3.

I imagine there is a good level of demand for your services in a city like Nashville!

Common problem, no easy answer:(We try to allow our owner clients to arrange their own maintenance, but have learned the hard way there MUST be limitations:1) They can't hire our people!

I just didn't know where to put the service dog on the lease. 

I stared using this site PropJump.com to find services providers for my 3 properties I own and manage. 

Found T&H realty services to be pretty interesting as they provide both buyer brokerage service (to help me find deals) as well as do property management i.e. they are not full turnkey provider necessarily, but reduces some of the hassle for me I guess as an out of state investor.