In a smaller town or a hot market you may have a realtor approach you asking if you pay a commission...but most will ignore your house.

In the area where I invest there is an old 16 unit, built in the 20’s, lots of lead paint, asbestos, vermiculite etc.

@Jim Welch in a hot market after 3 weeks,you really have something to worry about.

Inglewood and Hawthorne were never great until relatively recently, and are now hot markets.

With all that now I’m getting the ac don’t work again so I send out a ac tech I explain to them the the tenants are claiming that the ac isn’t cold enough that the Edison guy that took off the summer saver box off the ac fan told him the ac needs a Freon boost I’m really  now the  Edison guy is a ac tech the ac was running cold now it’s not working .well the ac tech did a leak test ,pressure test and said it was fine  but it looks like it was tampered with he also said if there was a leak there wouldn’t be Freon in the system still so I payed him to fill it up  since there was  few pounds of Freon still in the system he also asked me when was the last time i serviced the ac  I told him about a year ago .he said that long ago if there was a leak  there would be nothing in the system so after paying a few hundred dollars ,now I get another call saying the ac is blowing hot air .so I send the ac guy back  .the same ac guy said looks like it’s been tampered with.so now I decide to pay for home warranty insurance after the second repair and now  the tenants threatened to sue me.for my fist rental this is a bad experience of tenants trying to scam me and the plumber his freind doing fraud.i later called the water company again spoke to the manager this time explained what going on.he said just tell the tenants to call and give a one time to talk about the bill that I don’t have to be on the account so i did they refused again.

The Kitchener-Waterloo market is super hot and will continue to remain hot due to jobs and because it is more affordable than most other options (vs. west-side of GTA). 

Mequite is a hot, hot market could be some deals here if they are going to be sold off-market and priced accordingly.

I agree with Joe's comments: This is a hot market and deals are tough to find.

If I buy the more expensive hot water heater, will it last twice as long?

Regarding the real estate market, the economy is super hot, housing is still relatively affordable and there are tons of jobs here...that equals a demand for housing.