I heard about some kind of gizmo that you can put in your yard that emits a high pitched sound which is supposed to stop dogs from barking and not harm them.

If you do, the secret to getting some benefit without spending a fortune is to pay for very, very targeted search phrases -- in other words, phrases that verify specifically identify what you have to offer and where you offer it.Also, get into the habit of putting your website address on just about everything but your underwear -- it should be in all your ads, on any literature you print, on any email you send, on anything at all that you use to connect to the outside world.Finally, be sure to update your site's content as often as you can, and look for useful third-party content or resources that you can link to so that you offer visitors as much value as possible when they come to your site.

Your tenants will put more harmful things down the garbage disposal and sink than the higher end tenants and will leave you more of a clean up job on turnover.OTOH your lower end tenants will let you slide on coming right over to fix a broken disposal or running toilet.

you have to get into the habit of figuring things out, so that you can move past the "can't do's".there's alot more to this business than just knowing numbers.once you get the numbers down (2 - 6 months depending on how fast of a learner you are) - then the next step will be uping the ante...moving past just numbers to the next level.it's all about action.

He then interrupts me and asks me to tell him of one case where roaches physically harmed someone.

Simply forming the habit of turning your drive time into listening/study time will educate you in no time.C) Join a local REI club in your area.If you actually do this starting right now, I know already for a fact you'll do extremely well and become an expert in no time flat.

This does them more harm than good in many instances IMO.

You are right; there is no harm in looking and starting to get the feel for the industry.

[especially in NC] Can I generally rely on that for an estimate to get the place up to habitability?

Just my opinion... developers have a habit of being overleveraged- Donald Trump has taken many of his companies down the BK solution...