Unfortunately as a part-time agent, you also likely won’t get that support you need from a traditional brokerage if you’re not in the office on a regular basis.

It looks bad on the tenants each day for a building to be unkept in the eyes of the consumer patronizing their business.     

I also avoid contractors who have dedicated sales people who drive logo wrap vehicles.I tend to support diversity where contractors who were born outside of the United States or were Veterans in the Armed Forces have worked out best for us.What are your best practices for choosing contractors?

We have just 5 properties, but with turnover each year, it is very time-consuming to figure out security deposit refunds net of any deductions.

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Most importantly, the group is an environment of positivity and support that is above and beyond other communities I’ve been a part of.

I actually only have experience from the consumer side.

The time consuming part is not finding out the date of the auction or getting a list of the properties, the time consuming part is scouting the properties and doing the title search work.  

What has happened is the consumer expectations has changed and now owners who are use to a different consumer must change or deal with complaints and/or low occupancy.

This negative initial position can consume years of the cash flow.