People love to be useful to others and asking for advice tends to give them an ego boost.   

The investor “gave up” after numerous attempts to sell the lot or get a “refund” from the county proved unsuccessful.  

I personally think you can successfully market both your property management (PM) and buy/sell real estate services under one brand if you position them correctly.

It is the bridge between buying and selling a flipped home.

(It was Hollywood and everybody has dogs)2) Somebody tried selling the appliances that came with the unit which included the fridge, dishwasher, stove & microwave.3) We were recently affected by the fires and had to evacuate, some tenants refused to evacuate even after police forced them to because they were "tougher than the fire".Have you heard of those horror stories about tenants completely trashing apartments and feces all over the apartment?

Then came Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People.

While people will share a bathroom in say a 2/1 it is likely a harder sell in a 5/2 and the price you command is less. 

I'm buying and selling industrial.

Many times a lender buys a property back at a sheriff's sale/auction where they are selling properties as part of a foreclosure.

Cities and communities are also cracking down on people using homes for this.