He stated that I would first have to make a preliminary offer to him for him to decide if it's worth talking about selling.

I haven't investigated terribly much into rent rates and such, but my question lies in the technicalities of surveying and future plans.

@Kathy HansenI also heard that but on further investigation it turned out to be false.

Given we live in an area of California that has high entry costs, we've made the decision to investigate out-of-state options like Cleveland, OH and Little Rock, AK.

Some of you who never troweled concrete or scooped JC out of a bucket or dipped a brush in a can of polyurethane act like your rental properties are harem virgins, and there are plenty of judges who don't know the first thing about property maintenance who are perfectly willing to back up any silly claim as long as a contractor submits an invoice.You don't know what you don't know if you don't investigate.

@Kevin Robinson If someone is tough to find we use a private investigator.

At leas this last one was not investigated by the FBI like my previous one.

But I find deals for cheaper than that privately in Hamilton.East of Toronto, I'm not familiar with those markets.Something I want to investigate more in Toronto that I think could do really well is infill development.

However, the city official still decided he wanted to further investigate the work.

My real estate agent investigated and found this:"Hi Ken, I spoke to Santander and their Loan Servicing Company – Bottom line, they said “when there’s a sign on the lawn, you’’ll know it’s for sale” that’s what they said to me.