I continued the repositioning by improving the externals of the building.

Painting is specifically interior paint job, not external.

Honestly, if you are worried about a repeat of your 2008 experience, I would NOT invest out of your sight, that way you keep eyes on your investment and can hand pick your tenants and spot issues right away. 

(exactly why I use phone.com and set the "do not disturb" from 8pm to 7am.... you MUST got to 24 hour emergency service, which is an external line to our PM's 24 hour line. :-)

History of profit / loss is just one of the tests the IRS will use in making this determination.Tax case law has established rentals can have a long and substantial history of tax loss and still be a trade or business...Highly encourage you to bring a tax CPA or EA onboard as one of your external team members.

Either marketing to current/past customers to get your networks to work for you or do external marketing - google ads/ facebook ads (I'm just starting).   

Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar resigned from his post after being accused of sexual abuse under ‘Me Tu Abhiyan’.

Please, if you can expand on what you said in any way or provide an external resource, I'd be immensely grateful.

If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.

Nobody externally can say right or wrong.