A doctor has an education and duties that requires the use of brain cells, so does an engineer, an architect, the president of the bank that funds projects, a GC is not even in the same ball park as professionals turning out 8 or 10 houses a year.

What couple goes out and separately rents places especially in the age of cell phones.

Four years ago our oldest daughter (13 at the time) was diagnosed with cancer.

Without getting too specific, my mom died unexpectedly, another family member contracted emphysema, another succombed to alcoholism, another was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and fought 2 years with chemo before passing away, another had 6 heart attacks in one summer and a stroke the next year . . .

Each little piece of info is in it's own cell.

If it is important work, then yes they should have references and experience.They definitely should have cards and contracts, and should have more than one way to get in touch and to keep you informed (office, cell, e-mail, website, fax).

All said and done, the tenant buyers weren't real, the only one he lined up never paid, he vanished, and the houses sat at the PEAK of the market in 2005, and the value dropped... and dropped... and eventually, I lost all my money and couldn't afford the $17K per month in mortgage payments these 5 deals were costing me.My cell phone was ringing literally every 48 seconds with another automated collections call from the mortgage company (who I had 10 loans with!).

We had our garage celling and all the corners of the basement where the joys meets the cinder block sprayed with foam and it has worked wonders..

Keep track of your expenses and save your receipts for everything for the property to help save money on your taxes (that includes cell phone bills) ;-).

They might actually be replying to your message from a cell phone.