Had the owner listened to me, we would have had $1800 in hand to cover vacancy until a different tenant was found.If you want to know how things are going, send an email to your PM and express your concerns.

I'm assuming this occurs when prospective tenant shows up to check out the apartment and expresses interest to take the next step as in fill out the application forms? 

Anyway, enough of my background, the reason I am expressing interest is because I work in the Beaumont/ Banning area as I know you should be familiar with since you are in Redlands and I frequent the REIAs around Riverside County.

@Russell Brazil - Without getting political either way, I find it interesting that the BP members who express concern about politics affecting the markets negatively all seem to live in areas that leaned Democrat, and all of the BP members who are optimistic about the economy seem to come from areas which have been hit really hard the last 10-15 years, and just turned out in a big way for the Republicans. 

You are correct, it is a tough business, but you've heard the expression...

Now 2 months in and I have one tenant in jail ( it looks he didnt have US residency) and the other one calling ( screaming is the right expression) every 3/5 days complaining about washer ( we replaced it), no insulation (we fixed it), clogged toilette ( it was fixed inmediately) and saying the problem with the toilette was never fixed and it looks like the septic tank may be the problem.

If it is ceramic or porcelain (hard to tell in pic), it will last much longer than slapping peel-and-stick vinyl up, which you will have to do again soon regardless.Ever hear the expression, "Penny wise, pound foolish?"

Many of investors that I've worked with in the past have expressed interest in buying homes through the auction.

Many are not but even if they are, I don't think it's a great idea for the reasons expressed above.Showings are restricted to those who are qualified to buy/rent.

I can express that at their own admission this number they generate can vary in accuracy from market to market.What I mean is that the more "data points" or in this case "sold properties" you have, the better the opportunity for accuracy.