Do you call around for every property you are analyzing?

[Kari Wiederrecht]

Hello,

I was wondering - when you are a new investor and learning do you call places like the utility company on every property you analyze? And call for insurance and everything? I feel like they would get tired of me calling every day to learn how much utilities cost on a property. Also, do they tell you specifically for individual properties or just give an approximate answer? And how do you get a good number to calculate with if the costs changes dramatically throughout the year? Finally, once you are an established investor do you still call the utilities companies or do you just have a good idea of how much it would cost you?

Whew, that was a lot of questions.

Thank you in advance!