As a scientist and engineer we do not just "take" a theroy and blindly apply.

A lot of people jumped into investing these last couple of years by cashing out the equity from their primary home, which means they got their start through blind luck (market appreciation) rather than financial discipline.

He is a wholesaler and close friend who has offered to guide me through my first purchase, so I'm thinking I should just follow his lead, albeit not blindly...i.e. asking questions along the way. 3.

Whether it’s curtains or blinds, it does not give any sense of privacy which is important to most guests. 

The other 3 above should be able to provide referrals, but don't blindly trust anyone!

Also a pet has damaged door frames and window blinds.

. - I cannot imagine blindly trusting a PM company - "oh yea it's going to cost $500, we replaced the fridge, then another $700 for this electrical work, then there was some clogs in the drains so that's another $300, we had to do extra yardwork that'll be another $200".

They are blindly trowing darts throing a few will stick.So here is my response to this.You can make all the offers you want, but if the seller is not motivated you will get NONE accepted (for the right price).So the key here is you need to make offers to MOTIVATED SELLERS.PPC, Facebook ads, DMM, cold calling Door knocking WILL NOT give you motivated sellers.Organic traffic is motivated!

BrianNothing prevents tenant from running the water, kicking holes in walls and door, or other vandalism.However, these things seldom happen as retribution.More likely, a tenant fills up an inflatable pool every other day in the summer, or fails to report that the kitchen drain is leaking, or that the boyfriend beats her up every weekend and busting up the place, or that tenant lets a dog do his business on the carpet, or overflows the tub because they fell asleep.While a good tenant will agree to a fair water policy; the court will typically throw out the policy in an eviction.Keep in mind that you can get a leak notification from water department via “clear-reads” through the mycleveland water website.Usually bad tenants are multi-dimensional... they tend to follow a pattern... low credit score, extension criminal background hits such as driving with suspended license, expired plates, drugs, panning the rent late, refusing to pay the water, violating trash pickup guidelines, police calls by the neighbors, no-show for service calls, removing smoke retractor batteries for the kids toys, not replacing burned out lightbulbs, not taking care of the yard (in a single family”, busting blinds and screens, etc. 

But what that gentleman failed to mention is that 90% of that 2% will yell at you, call you names, demand you take them off their list and wonder how you found them, just to polite tell you to go ♥♥♥♥ yourself in the yingyang.If you have to send thousands of pieces just to catch a potential lead.... if you have to throw out 1000's of lines just to catch a fish, although you may (or may not) catch a fish that hardly justifies the method.People are completely blind to the facts and I just do not understand why.