I'd get some other eyes on it and some other quotes, but like I said, for us here we can put in some concrete pads under the house, bottle jack up the corner and put a new pier in place.  

Every failure - every test of your marketing, every conversation, every offer, every rehab, every tenant, every refinance, every tech nightmare...

Some participation test (technically 7 test)You participated in the activity for more than 500 hours.

Unless we note otherwise in the listing information or disclosures, we fix everything that is broken or not functioning properly, but we have had several recent requests that are expensive and I'm interested in your experience in handling things like:- this roof is old and we're worried that we may have to replace it (was inspected by roofer and determined to be functioning properly)- there are screens missing from some of the windows and we would like you to add them- we're concerned about the drainage and would like you to add gutters- the AC unit is old (age disclosed in disclosure docs, was tested by HVAC guy and running fine) So do you budget for this type of concession, do you "meet in the middle" or do something else?  

I passed the state test with no problems, I think Raymond does a good job of teaching.

Change the mailing pieces and A/B test your response rates.

Being a real estate agent is not something you can approach casually and hope to start receiving "capital" if you actually want to make money you have to go balls to the wall and create a full blown business (which is what I'm doing right now, actually still waiting to take my RE test, this is just what I've observed).

WIth your pedigree I can only assume the actual studying and testing process would be a walk on the park.  

Wife and I are using this first property to test the niche of 'up-scale' rentals.Recently a property was brought to my attention and I jumped without looking.

Ads on craigslist to test the waters/appetite.