I would say  from the information given you are being overcharged.

I agree Michael, any ridicule I spewed was only at the gurus who overcharge, under deliver, and take advantage of the deperate.

I believe Fortune Builders is over charging for their program.  

You don't want a fixed rate retainer because depending on the seasonality of a property, you could be under cutting yourself and then other months overcharging the client.

They tend to over charge in my opinion.

Dealing with tenants and property managers can be a headache, and they tend to think you're some rich guy in Hawaii and overcharge you for property management fees and repairs.Eventually, I sold all my rentals, especially when I became an accredited investor, and started getting into syndications and private placements for the sake of legal liability.

You can also lose a pile of cash bc you don't know the area well, get nickeled and dimed by property managers, and overcharged by contractors bc you're dumb out of state money in any of those markets. 

the thing is you can really only charge for actual damage - and PMs are know for way overcharging.

Often times if you tell them just to give you a quote without rehab breakdown they overcharge to make their profit

In this case his profit is attached to the company's therefore he'll do everything in his power to make sure we're not being overcharged.