Go to open houses or send them notes that you could take the vacancy headache out of their hands.Do you have everything lined up to pounce fat when you hear about something?  

Fat number.I have seen people drive 10 miles to get 20 cents off a gallon of gas but get home to a huge For Sale sign on their yard for which they are paying 6% commission (or 20% of their equity to a Realtor).BP members are here to make money and if that means making a little effort to sell a property on their own ... just list it with a Flat Fee MLS listing company ... 

I'm looking forward to how much fun it will be to see the fruits of my labor: i.e. newly renovated homes for great people to buy and enjoy, and fat checks with my (or my company's) name on them lol!

McCain probably shouldn't have called him a fat baby.  

Please over look the typos - Put the blame on my fat finger syndrome : ))))

Wondering if any experienced landlords/ property managers out there have figured out how to "trim the fat" off their rental property expenses & or time allotted to them?

This is only my opinion, but even with going a little over budget and into my contingency funds, my answer to that GC would be a big, fat NO.

The big, fat, easy wins are getting harder to find but as a real estate investor, I am in it for the long haul.

(Here in California is fat outside of our price range).Our search has brought us into the New Orleans area; multifamily properties are available and reasonably priced.Beyond being mindful of the flood zones, is there any additional considerations to investing in this area specifically if the numbers make sense?

Lots of fat and middlemen getting that way.