You will need knowledge on how things will get done, before you invite bids, make sure you make a scope so you will receive more apples to apples bid.

Of course, the first thing you need to do is to get rid of the bad apples, so often occupancy will go down.

As I said, there are always bad apples with bad intentions, but for those who are wanting to deal ethically and legally then information is available and there are reliable sources from which to gain knowledge.......but it sure won't be from some guru!

LOL.. nothing more than lending guruism.But with all the talk of no money down real estate from BP, to late night TV blah blah blah.. these folks I am sure get a lot of hits and make a very sizable amount of money on the turn downs.you hit the nail on the head with these folks in my personal opinion as a HML and from a HML perspective.

Honestly a verbal bid is a waste of time, most investors are not contractors and need detail in order to obtain apples to apples comparative bids. 

Apples and oranges.IMO, 25% is much higher than 10%.

It is not apples to apples because different people have different ways they manage coming back but it will give you a comparison.  

They sit in front of the TV and treat life as if it goes on forever.

Comparing apples to apples.

@Dawn Oree If you approach insurance agents with the above statements, you will get all sorts of different policies and you will be comparing apples to oranges.