Being new to this, I don't mind going to appointments, because they are all learning opportunities.

The new developer self appointed himself as president of the HOA stating that since less then half (12 of 84) the units were sold he was to control the HOA.  

I have an appointment tomorrow at 3 to talk with her.

Try and get a face to face appointment with the seller to sign paperwork and lock down the deal - if you're already happy with the $56k, then worst case you sign for that price and move forward.

Yeah that's just it is that I am not interested in training someone and paying them taking away time from my business when I can do it faster.Now that doesn't mean I will train them on the small differences but for instance they already have to be highly proficient in Excel, the CRM I use, researching and putting together listings and inputting, back end website updates, marketing out, scheduling appointments, and researching and coding new owners and addresses to target for business.

I always tell applicants to call to confirm the appointment 30 minutes before meeting, otherwise I do not show up.  

From being late to appointments or just not showing up for contractors...

Yes, the county does contract to a law firm which manages their foreclosures and they also appoint a different attorney for the owner, if they can not contact them. 

That said, do you out of courtesy give the tenant a heads up and set an appointment on a specific day, at a specific time and request that the tenant (or at least somebody over the age of eighteen whose name is on the lease) be there in person during the "Maintenance Check",ORdo you just show up unannounced, knock on the door/ring the bell loud enough to be heard and let the tenant let you in and then proceed with the "Maintenance Check",ORshow up unannounced, knock on the door/ring the bell loud enough to be heard and if nobody is home, or nobody answers, let yourself in, announce yourself loudly once inside and once confirmed that nobody is home proceed with the "Maintenance Check"?

Here is the process I planned out based on what I've read.I was planning on calling the individual listing agent per house to schedule and appointment.