My point being even if you have a niche its easy to get pulled into other areas of the industry simply from a desire to say "yes" to everyone. 

And that industry seems to survive. 

Those two apps are the biggest players in the industry right now.I haven't kept up with Yardi so not sure how they are exactlyBut both of these can pretty much do custom reportsAppfolio offers custom report builder so you can pretty much build your own report to what you are looking for.For the fees, are you referring to like markup?

I’m in the outdoor living/custom pool industry based up here in Milton, so I know exactly how hard you’re working for that concrete money.You are starting with a massive advantage that most new investors don't have: You know what things actually cost.Most people get into flipping and lose their shirts because they underestimate rehab costs or get ripped off by contractors.

So you cannot just look at industry Cap rates alone unless you understand an operators abilities for higher yield on costs.BAM Capital is becoming an institutional investment company in multi-family Real Estate with Brokers.

Grocapitus had an ephipany about industry standards? 

We have relationships with local vendors who we consistently use and are professionals within their industry.

Because it's extremely passive and you are leveraging (hopefully) decades of industry knowledge via the team running the deal.

m aiming to be in life  I'm making a bold career shift-from working in the restaurant industry to pursuing real estate investing full-time.

There's actually a lot of chatter in the PM industry about what to do when an owner hires another broker to sell an occupied rental property.