Going month to month with the same tenant in order to defeat the agent's rights under the contract could be viewed as a breach of contract. 

Start hanging out with people in the game, as previously said, attend the meetups and learn as much as possible- open your ears to both the success and the defeat, and learn lessons from both of them.  

@Mike Trzaska$3,000 does seem like a lot for just a W-2 and 4 rental properties.That cost can wipe out a significant amount of the cash-flow that you generate from the properties...which defeats the purpose of having rentals.The cost may be high if you have some entities that you didn't disclose and the properties are scattered in different states.You may want to consider searching around for some other quotes.

The program is designed in order to keep your money invested in the American economy, buying/selling property abroad and hoping to use the 1031 would effectively defeat this purpose. 

It takes exactly the same cordless drill and the same $5 cobalt drill bit to defeat a $20 lock as it does a $150 lock.

This would defeat the purpose of my purchase in the first place.  

Yes of course, if you send every single person in the USA a letter, you are bound to get a deal or 2.But then what you should do is plot a graph between your expenses, vs profits, and you will see that the only time, your profits surpass your expenses is when you spend a small fortune on marketing.You can't simulate motivation, because motivation has to do with the mindset of someone.It is uniquely different from person to person.EXAMPLE:Someone that is stubborn never gives up, has an ego, in forclosure... will NEVER sell their house and they rather see the house go, to the bank than admitting defeat and sell at a discount.Someone that is passive doesn't take action, and is unmotivated, in foreclosure... could possibly contact you to sell their house.So what happens?

However I've been part of the fight and have successfully help to defeat measure o which aim to put us all out of business.

Having the property under an LLC would make a commercial loan my only option thus defeating the purpose of the refi.

So how do you defeat that high Madisonville vacancy rate?