Once you find a deal, present it to investors and charge them a wholesaling fee.

A good tenant would not care about the $47 if it gets them into a property they like.On a related note, if you do not follow your standard process for EVERYONE, you can be accused of, and charged massive fines for violating fair housing laws.

I understand there are a lot of variables at play here, but my initial logic is that I can make my money back faster with 3 than 1.

Charge an application fee!

This will show you more evidence of the fees they really charge.

I'm also working with a management company to help because I actually don't live too close to the property, so they would charge me 8% fee on a monthly basis. 

Some of my initial research has pointed to work with real estate attorneys and tax CPAs - I am wondering if this seems accurate to anyone who has gone through this process or if you have any suggestions to aide in my search. 

You might consider a second opinion to assess the reasonableness of that work.Evaluate the PM's Response – If your manager genuinely wasn’t informed until after the tenant initiated the work, that’s an operational issue to address moving forward.

We actually charge owners for additional bids past 3 as it wastes a LOT of our time.

Some charge extra for placing tenants or handling repairs.