If you don't see a dry cleaner, liquor store , hair care or something else within 5 miles go after that aggressively by contacting businesses nearby in those areas.

It was condemnable, I wouldn't store tools in it.This looked like a bulldozer special.

If the counter layout just has straight sides (no corners), you can buy 8' wide sections of basic laminate counters for under $100 in stock at a lot of stores and cut them to the length you need.

That is fine if it is the right size and material, but if not, why not measure it and go to the home improvement store and buy the material to do the repair right.It was taking them a longer than average time for them to rent the house and it had already been vacant a month before that due to my last property manager.

There's a huge hospital across the street amongst many other stores.

The US Dept. of Justice seems to think real estate commissions are getting out of hand and though the rebates in their examples are very Weak, and consumers can save a lot more, they're trying to alert consumers of the savings that is available to themDepartment of Justice: Rebates Make Buying a Home Less Expensivehttp://www.justice.gov/atr/public/real_estate/rebates.htmlConsumers Can Save Thousands of Dollars in Commissions http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/real_estate/commission-table.html40 States that allow realtors to offer rebateshttp://www.justice.gov/atr/public/real_estate/rebates-details.htmlBesides the US Dept, of Justice, exactly what does the dear leader of Keller Williams have in store for the Mortgage Industry here in his Youtube videos?

Have you checked out the book on taxes in the BP store?  

There are 2 of them, and they are great. ( https://www.biggerpockets.com/store )One great takeaway (from one of the books, but I can't recall which right now) is to have clearly pre-set standards for tenants.

For example youre at a grocery store, someone sees your name tag or shirt or business card, mentions they may like to buy/sell soon and provide you with their contact info.

@Matt Gogh app store thumbtack check it out