Hello All,As an out of state investor who owns a few properties in STL, does it make sense to join this association?

Then on another sheet of paper put that number and what I need to do to comply with that contract clause.If it is something like scheduling security I would have vetted the companies before I signed the contract to get the costs which meant I may not have signed the contract if the money didn't make sense . 

(Whether this makes financial sense is probably a discussion for another post) Should I insist on meeting prospective tenants face to face before agreeing to lease to them?

We don't do any tenant placement fees, as they won't make sense with multiple new tenants each year. 

Sure it can be a write off, but my question is if it is the highest and best use of your time (or the given employees time) to be running a skid steer - transporting it, storage, maintenance, cleaning, etc, and if it still makes sense if you need to hire someone to run it for you and take care of the other things.Add up all those recurring costs - maintaining the machine, maintaining the trailer, having a large enough truck to tow it, insurance and registration for all of the above, your time or your employees time related to all of the above...even at $14k a year it might be attractive enough to keep paying that and having them drop it off at the job site for you.A brand new machine could easily cost you over 6 figures - that's 7 years of rentals at $14k/year before including all the holding costs. 

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@Greta Andrews Dave Ramsey a nationally respected financial expert , best selling author, and financial advisor calls whole life( cash value) insurance a con job orchestrated on novice investors by “ enthusiastic ignoramuses” masquerading as financial advisors.Borrowing money from yourself and paying interest on your own money is a non common sense approach to investing. 

@Sanjeev AdvaniTo me this is a common sense law as good landlords already do this.

Getting into dynamic pricing makes a lot of sense.

A lease option makes much more sense.