I typically am using a 10% off coupon so I don't get the 5% off; however, I have had a few cashiers ring me up with 15% off :D I'm a shrewd negotiator.

Let us know how that coffee goes with Brendan . . . perhaps we can film the meeting in a wrestling ring?

I have a couple of duplexes with that problem in that one side is neat and the other side leaves food out, never washes dishes, etc.What I also like to do is get a big bag of (I forget what kind) poison powder that I ring the outside of the unit with like a moat.

When the phone doesn't ring then its a problem.

Granted I've passed on them all so far since none of them were really good deals, but at least it got the phone to ring.

No sweating, no compression rings, no pipe dope or teflon tape required.

Least of all me, there is absolutely nothing a CG will advise me on from the size of a ring nail on shingles to the vapor liner below grade of the foundation, nothing, if I need an advisor I'll ask an engineer.And, contractors will do well to hook up with good investors.

I currently use Ring Central which allows me to get a local and 1800 number using voip so I don't have to pay for international calls but I'm not happy with their service.

We are a small scale investor who wants to begin to generate leads coming back to us.We are looking at direct mail, i.e. list source and Google key words.Our main objective to marketing is to generate a successful lead to buy/resale a property.Currently we are marketing our buy/hold to active landlords and we are seeing some success in this area.Our goal this year is to get the phone ringing back to us.  

The truth tends to be in the real world experience of others who have actually performed it in practice.150,000 in a 20 mile radius is a huge ring.When we look at properties typically demographics go in an 1,3,5 mile ring radius.