My property management company recently went AWOL on me. I now have 1 tenant due to move out in 28 days, and other due to be evicted in 35 days. I currently have no one to do a final walk-through and collect key from ...

You will own a property that has these risks and 100 more:car falls on leg of customer and he is young and incapacitated and sues you tootenant pours poisonous degreaser into public plumbing an it leaks 200 feet to neighbor properties, they sue yourobbery happens and child is trapped in the bay and survives, the parents sue youteen comes in with their helper dog who bites clients, they sue youfireman falls through the roof in a fire (chemical fire) and is disabled because the roof wasn't to code...Although you are only the landlord you have duties to health and safety of the employees, clients who walk in, and the community.Look up: Ng to the Ghost Ship landlord in East Oakland

A teenage guy I hired as a helper ran his hand over a couple of cuts in the wall and asked what they were. 

My operating expenses was and still is $350 monthly which also includes paying a helper once in a while. 

Electrician plus helper now you're at 85/90 per hour but the helper usually pulls wire for the electrician cutting the time down by 30%.

He actually is a plumbers helper.

In the end, there's no use preemptively investing in systems, multiples of tools, employees, workers comp and all the overhead to take your business to people who will low-ball you or haggle or just want a guy who has a license who picked up a day laborer/helper to get it done quickly and satisfactorily.

I am a Realestate Investor Tax and Financial Helper.

Assign a contractor or helper a job.

Jim Kost in Lansing is my real estate mentor, friend and helper of all things real estate for me. 40+ years in the buisiness.