@Nicole W. have you considered having the yard sign just ring into a voice mail with property details?

At least not without some sort of major technology breakthrough with regard to CO2.I think you may see job losses slow down or stop in coal country, but even if coal output remains the same, the industry continues to innovate and needs significantly fewer employees . 

I've found this to be done in a "restaurant conversation voice" so it's hard to hear what's being sold when.

I think the age we live in made it possible for the voices in our heads to reach thousands if not millions of people in an incredibly short period of time.

In very loud voice said if he did not receive the paperwork by close of business that day the deal was off. 

I have set up a google voice number that will forward directly to my partners phone just so I can more easily keep track of the calls that do come in.

I have advertised in several and there is nothing wrong with them, you just have to know when reading them that the point of the magazine is to provide marketing space for companies.One that I think provides great content from real estate investors is "REI Voice".

Hello @Brian BakerMultifamily gives you opportunity to increase NOI through adding services like Internet, parking etc. on top of rent and eventually increase the value of the Multifamily property.Investors are using a lot of innovative strategies to increase the NOI, so keep learning.All the Best!

Sounds like you're already doing this energetically (via voice)... just need to practice getting that into a different medium and laid out effectively. 

On Podcast 159 Nathan Brooks talks about how he uses Evernote and why.A Google Voice phone number, so you can have your rental business ring you anywhere, at any time (and more importantly, NOT ring you at the times you want to be 'off work').Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the best tool in my toolbox is an automated keypad lock for the front door.