I say5 - very good handyman6 - first name basis with a very good local plumbing company, with 24hrs service.7 - familiarize yourself with eviction proceedings and laws in your area.8 - Have a robust website and make the tenants use that for complaints and repairs request during off hours.9 - make sure your fee is just your fee and make sure real estate owners pay for all repairs in your contract.

I'm strategizing for my first organized marketing campaign, and I'd love to hear of any advice you may have.

I can only see demand increasing as I see more and more strategic defaults occurring.

Been managing mine with Quicken.I'd been using Quicken for years for my personal finances and it was pretty simple to set it up to track my rentals, not nearly as robust as Quickbooks, but it gets the job done.

It appears to be a strategic default.

In a time where we have the best prices in a generation on SFRs, along with banks reluctance to lend on small less-expensive properties, and investor's frustration with equity markets and low bond/CD yields creating a conducive environment to offer them something vastly better, I can't think of any topic that would potentially be more important to those trying to build a portfolio of 1-4 unit properties to critical mass.I am in the process of putting together the materials I plan to use for discussions with prospective private lenders, and it seemed a great opportunity to have a robust discussion on what others are doing, and engage in idea-sharing.What works for you?

Bandit Signs – post bandit signs in strategic locations: intersections, Home Depot, vacant properties.18.

I think they call it strategic default to make themselves feel better.

*Can anyone provide some solid, successfully traditional mathmatical formulas & some key strategic factors when analyzing first time multi-family properties?

Myself, I would take that route or a strategic leveraging.